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See also:BRIGG (properly GLANFORD See also:BRIGGS Or GLAMFORD See also:BRIDGE) , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:North See also:Lindsey or See also:Brigg See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lincolnshire, See also:England, situated on the See also:river Ancholme, which affords See also:water communication with the See also:Humber . Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 3137 . It is 23 M. by road north of See also:Lincoln, and is served by the See also:Grimsby See also:line of the See also:Great Central railway . See also:Trade is principally agricultural . In 1885 a remarkable See also:boat, assigned to See also:early See also:British workmanship, was unearthed near the river; it is hollowed out of the See also:trunk of an See also:oak, and See also:measures 48 ft . 6 in. by about 5 ft . Other prehistoric See also:relics have also been discovered . |
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