Linwood is a small village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

West Lindsey West Lindsey is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Gainsborough, the district's largest town. The district also includes the towns of Caistor and M ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England, on the minor B1202 road about south from the town of

Market Rasen Market Rasen ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it east to west, approximately north-east from Lincoln, England, Lincoln, eas ...

. The population (including Buslingthorpe) at the 2011 census was 143. The parish church, dedicated to St. Cornelius, dates from the late 12th century and is a Grade I

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. Linwood is part of a major woodland

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, centred on Linwood Warren to the north-east,"Linwood Warren"
''LWT Nature Reserves'', Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 29 January 2014 and is a primary target area to promote and encourage the repopulation of the Woodlark (''Lullula arborea''), a native bird that has become almost extinct locally. In 2005 the population had been raised to approximately 50 breeding pairs and 60 other male birds, after more than 15 years of work monitored by the Lincolnshire Bird Club. Linwood is the birthplace of William Lyndwood.

References

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Lincolnshire Bird Club website
Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District {{Lincolnshire-geo-stub