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Parts of Lindsey
former division, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: Lindsey
Parts of Lindsey, formerly one of three administrative divisions of the historic county of Lincolnshire, England, and approximately coterminous with the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey. It now forms the unitary authorities of North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire and the districts of West Lindsey and East Lindsey in the administrative county of Lincolnshire. Farming is the principal economic activity in the two districts, while the two unitary authorities are largely industrial.
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