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Guide to Edinburgh history, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



HISTORY
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. As such, it has a significant role to play in the governance of Scotland within the United Kingdom.

The earliest known human habitation in the Edinburgh area is from Cramond where evidence was found of a Mesolithic camp-site dated to c. 8500 BC.

At some point before the 7th century AD, the Gododdin, who were presumably descendants of the Votadini, built the hill fort of Din Eidyn or Etin. Although its exact location has not been identified, it seems more than likely they would have chosen a commanding position like the Castle Rock or Arthur's Seat or Calton Hill.

The royal burgh was founded by King David I in the early 12th century on land belonging to the Crown, though the precise date is unknown. By the middle of the 14th century, the French chronicler Jean Froissart was describing it as the capital of Scotland (c.1365), and James III (1451–88) referred to it in the 15th century as "the principal burgh of our kingdom".

In 1706 and 1707, the Acts of Union were passed by the Parliaments of England and Scotland uniting the two kingdoms into the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Scotland has remained a part of the UK, with efforts to ensure independence as recently as 2014 AD failing.

LOCATION
Lincoln is situated on a very fertile plain in the flatlands of east-central, England. It became a major flourishing settlement, accessible from the sea both through the River Trent and through the River Witham. Both rivers could also be forded although major bridges were built in the Middle Ages.

RELIGION
Lincoln has always been a center of the Christian faith in England. The bishops of Lincoln were among the magnates of medieval England: the diocese of Lincoln, the largest in England, had more monasteries than the rest of England put together, and the diocese was supported by large estates.

When Magna Carta was drawn up in 1215, one of the witnesses was Hugh of Wells, Bishop of Lincoln. One of only four surviving originals of the document is preserved in Lincoln Castle

Construction of the first Lincoln Cathedral, within its close or walled precinct facing the castle, began when the see was removed from the quiet backwater of Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire and completed in 1092. It was rebuilt after a fire but was destroyed again by an unusual earthquake in 1185. The rebuilt Lincoln Minster, enlarged to the east at each rebuilding, was on a magnificent scale, its crossing tower crowned by a spire reputed to have been 525 ft (160 m) high, the highest in Europe. When completed the central of the three spires is widely accepted to have succeeded the Great Pyramids of Egypt as the tallest man-made structure in the world.

INDUSTRY
The area around Lincoln has been gifted with wonderful soils, and has always been an agricultural area. Because of this, both cloth and wool, normal byproducts of agriculture became major industries, making Lincoln a very wealthy city.

During the 13th century, Lincoln was the third largest city in England and was a favorite of more than one king.

During the Industrial Revolution, Lincoln began to excel in heavy engineering, building locomotives, steam shovels and all manner of heavy machinery.

The city contributed heavily to the requirements of the two World Wars, as the tank was invented in Lincoln during the first WW, and Lincoln provided munitions, heavy diesel engines for tanks and marine vessels, and also was a source of ammunition.

Today, Lincoln's economy is based mainly on public administration, commerce, arable farming and tourism.

CEMETERIES
Lincoln cemeteries

Newport cemetery

Find a Grave, Newport cemetery

GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY
Lincoln in Genuki

Lincolnshire family history

Lincolnshire family history

Lincolnshire genealogy forum

Family Search Lincolnshire