Lincoln, England following Sunday when the "Bailgate" area of the city holds its annual Christmas Market in and around the Castle grounds. The market is based upon the traditional German-style Christmas market as found in several German cities, including Lincoln's 'twin town' Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. In 2010, for the first time in the history of the Christmas Market, the event was cancelled due to 'atrocious conditions' of heavy snowfall across Lincolnshire and most of the United Kingdom. Lincoln lies in a gap in the Lincoln Cliff north of London, at an elevation of above sea level by the River Witham, stretching
HMT Lincoln City was sunk. In 1941, "Lincoln City" was stationed in Tórshavn, located in the Faroe Islands, a constituency of Denmark. The British occupation of the Faroe Islands had been ongoing since April 1940 in order to prevent a German invasion of the strategically important location. During a German air raid on 21 February 1941, "Lincoln City" shot down a German bomber but was sunk, killing all eight crewmen on board. HMT Lincoln City HMT "Lincoln City" was an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) trawler in the service of the British Royal Navy during World War II. She was bombed during an air raid