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West Lindsey
district, England, United Kingdom
West Lindsey, district, administrative and historic county of Lincolnshire, east-central England, north of the city of Lincoln. West Lindsey district comprises two low-lying fertile clay valleys at an elevation below 100 feet (30 metres) split by the Lincoln Edge, a narrow limestone ridge 200 feet (60 metres) high that extends north from low hills. On the northeast, this overwhelmingly rural area edges into the chalk hills of the Wolds. The historic market parish of Gainsborough, the administrative centre and only town of more than a few thousand people, is a navigable river port in the western part of the district. ...(100 of 173 words)