Lincoln
Lincoln, a Roman settlement, was a cathedral city and county of itself, centrally situated in the west of Lincolnshire on a hill rising from the River Witham. It was essentially an agricultural centre, with no ‘fixed manufacture’, but had a busy trade in corn, wool and coal.Pigot’s Commercial Dir. (1822-3), 253-7; Pigot’s Commercial Dir. (1828-9), 538. See Sir. J. Hill, Georgian Lincoln, ch.