Thus while the rest of the country was beginning to prosper at the beginning of the 18th century, Lincoln suffered immensely, travellers often commenting on the state of what had essentially become a 'one street' town.
=== Državljanska vojna ===Med letoma 1642 in 1651, v času angleške državljanske vojne, je bil Lincoln na meji med rojalističnimi in parlamentarni silami in je večkrat spremenil stran.