Which Lincolnshire town on the River Trent was at one time England's most inland port being over 55 miles from the North Sea ?
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Gainsborough is a town in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the town was 22,117 at the 2015 census. It is situated north-west from the city and county town of Lincoln, and on the River Trent. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland port in England, being more than 55 miles (90 km) from the North Sea. The place-name 'Gainsborough' is first attested in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 1013, where it appears as "Gegnesburh" and "Gæignesburh". In the Domesday Book of 1086
Lincolnshire coast Chapel St Leonards and Freiston Shore. The port of Boston, though some six miles (10 km) from the open sea, is often considered a coastal town. Boston Haven, a tidal stretch of the River Witham, made Boston one of the most significant ports in England between the 11th and 17th centuries. Boston was a "staple town" and a member of the Hanseatic League. The character of Lincolnshire as it meets the sea is overwhelmingly flat. In the north of the county, the Humberhead Levels and the land reclamation reclaimed Lincolnshire Marsh are pretty much at sea level, while in the