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
Priory City of Lincoln Academy MUGA (multi use games area) which is used for many different sports. In mid-2014 a 3G artificial pitch was opened. Priory City of Lincoln Academy The Priory City of Lincoln Academy, is a co-educational secondary school within The Priory Federation of Academies, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on Skellingthorpe Road. It has around 1,000 pupils and admits around 160 pupils a year. It was originally the City School, Lincoln, and moved from its original site on Monks Road, Lincoln in 1968. In 1973 boys were transferred from the former Sincil Secondary Modern School and in 1974 it became