Industrial city in Lincolnshire, England; population (1991) 82,000. Manufacturing includes excavators, cranes, gas turbines, radios, vehicle components, cattle feed, pharmaceuticals, power units for oil platforms, and cosmetics.
Under the Romans it was the flourishing colony of Lindum, and in the Middle Ages it was a centre for the wool trade. Paulinus built a church here in the 7th century, and the 11th-15th century cathedral has the earliest Gothic work in Britain. The 12th-century High Bridge is the oldest in Britain still to have buildings on it.