North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446. The administrative centre and largest settlement is Scunthorpe, and the borough also includes the towns of Brigg, Broughton, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Winterton, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton-upon-Humber. North Lincolnshire is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The borough is mostly rural in character aside from near the town of Scunthorpe and near the Port of Immingham where most of the nearby villages and towns form part of the wider urban areas.
Brigg (/'brɪg/) is a market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east–west transport routes across northern Lincolnshire. As a formerly important local centre, the town's full name of Glanford Brigg is reflected in the surrounding area and local government district of the same name. The town's urban area includes the neighbouring hamlet of Scawby Brook.
Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber, created from portions of the East Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire, and the northern part of Lindsey, Lincolnshire. The county council's headquarters was County Hall at Beverley, inherited from East Riding County Council. Its largest settlement and only city was Kingston upon Hull. Other notable towns included Goole, Beverley, Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Bridlington. The county stretched from Wold Newton at its northern tip to a different Wold Newton at its southernmost point.
The Parts of Kesteven are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England. This division had long had a separate county administration, along with the two other Parts of Lincolnshire, Lindsey and Holland.
The Parts of Lindsey are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county. The Isle of Axholme, which is on the west side of the River Trent, has normally formed part of it. The district's name originated from the Kingdom of Lindsey of Anglo-Saxon times, whose territories were merged with that of Stamford to form Lincolnshire.
Glanford was, from 1974 to 1996, a local government district with borough status in the non-metropolitan county of Humberside, England.
Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a market town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east from Scunthorpe.
Glanford Brigg was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974.
Brigg was a county constituency centred on the town of Brigg in North Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
Ashby is a suburb of Scunthorpe, in the North Lincolnshire district, in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England.
Alford was an Urban District in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1896 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.
Barton upon Humber was an Urban District in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.
Cleethorpes was an urban district and municipal borough in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1974.
Gainsborough was an Urban District in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.
Horncastle was an Urban District in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.
Mablethorpe and Sutton was an Urban District in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1896 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.
Market Rasen was an Urban District in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1974, created under the Local Government Act 1894.
Scunthorpe was a non-metropolitan district of Humberside from 1974 to 1996, urban district from 1894 to 1919 and a municipal borough from 1936 to 1974 in the Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England.
Skegness was an Urban District in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.
Woodhall Spa was an Urban District in Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England from 1898 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.
