Lincoln Cliff | |
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 Lincoln Cliff at Coleby | |
 The Lincoln Cliff (or Lincoln Edge) and all the settlements along its route. | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Counties | Lincolnshire |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
The Lincoln Cliff or Lincoln Edge is a portion of a major escarpment that runs north–south through the historic divisions of Lindsey and Kesteven in central Lincolnshire and is a prominent landscape feature in a generally flat portion of the county.[1] Towards its northern end, near Scunthorpe, it is sometimes referred to as the Trent Cliff.[2] The name preserves an obsolete sense of the word "cliff", which could historically refer to a hillside as well as a precipitous rock face.[3]
- ^ "Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands and Southern Lincolnshire Edge" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ Symes, David, ed. (1987), Humberside in the Eighties, pp. 333, 340, ISBN 0-85958-119-5
- ^ "cliff". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)