Lincoln, England home to the University of Lincoln and Bishop Grosseteste University, and to Lincoln City Football Club. The earliest origins of Lincoln can be traced to the remains of an Iron Age settlement of round wooden dwellings (which were discovered by archaeologists in 1972) that have been dated to the 1st century BC. This settlement was built by a deep pool (the modern Brayford Pool) in the River Witham at the foot of a large hill (on which the Normans later built Lincoln Cathedral and Lincoln Castle). The origins of the name Lincoln may come from this period, when the settlement
Lincoln City Knights many occasions in the 2010 season and have since folded. Lincoln City Knights Lincoln City Knights were a rugby league team based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. They played in the Rugby League Conference. "Lincoln City Knights" joined the North Midlands Division of the Rugby League Conference in 2005. The division was rebranded the North Midlands & South Yorkshire Division for the 2006 season, merged into the Yorkshire & Lincolnshire division 2007, separated out as the South Yorkshire & Lincolnshire Division for the 2008 before reverting to the North Midlands in 2009. Another rebrand saw it become the Yorkshire Regional division in