Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. The town is located on the Canterbury Plains to the west of Banks Peninsula, 22Â kilometres southwest of Christchurch. The town has a population of 10,250, making it the second largest town in the Selwyn District behind nearby Rolleston.
Looking southwest across Lincoln from the air, December 2005
Union Church in Lincoln.
Lincoln photographed by Whites Aviation, May 1957
Aerial view of Lincoln, August 2022
Selwyn District is a predominantly rural district in central Canterbury, on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island. It is named after the Selwyn River / Waikirikiri, which is in turn named after Bishop George Selwyn, the first Anglican bishop of New Zealand who, in 1843 and 1844, travelled the length of the country by horse, foot, boat and canoe, leaving in his wake a sprinkling of locations that now bear his name.
Photo taken from the TranzAlpine train