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
City of Port Lincoln in period newspapers as either the "Port Lincoln" or "Lincoln" council, but the landmark "District Councils Act 1887", which undertook a major reorganisation of South Australian local government, referred to it as the District Council of Lincoln. The City of Port Lincoln municipality was created when the town of Port Lincoln incorporated and seceded from the district council in 1921, becoming the Corporate Town of Port Lincoln. It gained its present name when it was granted city status on 21 January 1971. The former District Council of Lincoln was renamed the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula in 1988, and