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Gainsborough

53º42N 0º46W, pop (2001e) 17 500. River port in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, EC England, UK; on the R Trent, 25 km/15 mi NW of Lincoln; birthplace of John Alderton, Vic Feather, Dame Sybil Thorndike; railway; Gainsborough Old Hall (1460–80); parish church of All Saints (18th-c); transport equipment, engineering, food processing, timber.

Gainsborough may refer to:

Several places: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England An area in Ipswich, England Gainsborough Area in Kiama Downs, New South Wales, Australia Aerith Gainsborough, a character from Final Fantasy VII Thomas Gainsborough, a painter (who is often referred to simply as Gainsborough) Humphrey Gainsborough, Thomas's brother Gainsborough Pictures, a London-based film studio, active between 1924 and 1951 Gainsborough Central School, an elementary school in Bismark, Ontario Gainsborough (racehorse), the 1918 Triple Crown Champion of British Thoroughbred Racing
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