The Anglian takeover of the former Roman colonia of Lincoln, capital of the Lindsey region, ended sub-Roman British continuity in Lincolnshire. Archaeological evidence shows a transition from Romano-British to Anglian occupation in the sixth century. The Lindsey kingdom that resulted was one of the smaller Anglian kingdoms repeatedly contested between Northumbria and Mercia.
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