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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 566 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRIGG (properly GLANFORD
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BRIGGS Or GLAMFORD
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BRIDGE)  , a
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market
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town in the
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North
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Lindsey or
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Brigg
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parliamentary
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division of
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Lincolnshire,
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England, situated on the
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river Ancholme, which affords
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water communication with the
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Humber . Pop. of
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urban
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district (1901) 3137 . It is 23 M. by road north of
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Lincoln, and is served by the
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Grimsby
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line of the
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Great Central railway .
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Trade is principally agricultural . In 1885 a remarkable
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boat, assigned to
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early
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British workmanship, was unearthed near the river; it is hollowed out of the
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trunk of an
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oak, and
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measures 48 ft . 6 in. by about 5 ft . Other prehistoric
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relics have also been discovered .

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