Welcome to It's About Lincolnshire

 

Contents

• Index to Blogposts
• A Historical Description of the County of Lincolnshire
• A Chronological History of Lincoln
• Lincoln Mayors 1314 to 2023
• Lincolnshire Monastic Buildings
• What They Say About Lincoln
• Nigel Hawthorne's, the American writer, visit to Lincoln in 1857

• Lincolnshire Resources Online
• UK Research Resources Online
• Lincolnshire Walks

• Facebook Group
• Facebook Page 

The Coat of Arms of ​the City of Lincoln

The Arms of Lincoln are at least 500 years old and combine the red cross of St. George with a gold fleur-de-lis on a silver background.

Silver is a symbol of purity, justice and gentleness, the red stands for valour, and the VIrgin Mary, the patron saint of the City and the Cathedral, is represented by the Lily.

The arms are sometimes shown with either 'FLOREAT LINDUM' (Lindum blooms) or 'CIVITAS LINCOLNIA' (Lincoln City).

The roots of the name 'Lincoln' are over 2,000 years old. When the Romans arrived here in the first century A.D. they found a small community called Lindon partially surrounding the Brayford. The old British 'Lin' has the same meaning as 'Llyn' is Welsh - Lake and 'Don' means hill, 'The Lake by the Hill'. The Roman town that grew to the north of Brayford became Lindum Colonia at the end of the first century. When the Normans arrived they called it Nicol in French and the English name eventually became Lincoln.