held a parliament here, and since their time certainly seven

kings of England have visited Lincoln.

MINSTER OR CATHEDRAL? The cathedral precincts of Lincoln are called the "Minster Yard," and the church is called the Minster, though Lincoln was a cathedral from the first; the term Minster being only properly applied to the church of a monastery, such as York, Canterbury, Peterborough, Ripon, and Southwell; of these, Canterbury is not often called a Minster, but York is always. Lincoln was never attached to a monastery.