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
HMT Lincoln City 1938, her name was changed to "Lincoln City". During World War II, the Royal Navy requisitioned hundreds of civilian ships for war service in various roles, with many ending up as minesweepers or anti-submarine warfare trawlers. The Royal Navy requisitioned "Lincoln City" in 1939, equipping her with a single 4-inch (102-mm) gun. Commissioned as HMT "Lincoln City", she was put under the command of Skr. Frederick William White Burnett of the Royal Navy Reserve. He served aboard "Lincoln City" from 1 December 1939 until 18 March 1940, at which point T/S. Lt. Francis Albert Seward took over until "Lincoln City"