| Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | |
|---|---|
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| History | |
| • Created | 1889 |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | Lincolnshire |
| Status | Administrative county |
| Government | Kesteven County Council |
| • HQ | Sleaford |
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TheParts of Kesteven (/ˈkɛstəvən/ or/kəˈstiːvən/) are a traditional division ofLincolnshire,England. This division had long had a separate county administration (quarter sessions), along with the two otherParts of Lincolnshire,Lindsey andHolland.
The nameKesteven is first attested in the late tenth century Latin translation of theAnglo-Saxon Chronicle byÆthelweard, in the formCeoftefne (agreed by scholars to be a scribal error forCeostefne). The name appears in theDomesday Book of 1086 asChetsteven and from 1185 asKetsteuene.[1][2][3] The first part of the name comes from theCommon Brittonic word*ceto- ("woodland"), still found inModern Welsh ascoed. The second element is theOld Norse wordstefna ("meeting place"). Thus the name a place named by Brittonic-speakers as "Woodland" came to be included by Old Norse speakers coining a name that meant "meeting place at [the place called] Coed".[4][3][5]: 321
Historically, Lincolnshire was divided intowapentakes,hundreds andsokes.[6] The following made up Kesteven:
The three parts were given separate electedcounty councils in 1889 by theLocal Government Act 1888, and recognised asadministrative counties.[7] Kesteven lies in the south-west of Lincolnshire. It includes the towns of:
Under theLocal Government Act 1894 Kesteven was divided into a number ofrural district andurban districts based on earliersanitary districts:[8]
The urban districts and boroughs were:
Bourne Urban District was abolished in 1920, with Bourne becoming a parish in Bourne Rural District. Bracebridge became part of the county borough ofLincoln that same year, becoming associated with the Parts of Lindsey.
The rural districts were re-organised by aCounty Review Order in 1929, to create four new districts named after points of the compass:[9]
These separate county councils were abolished in 1974 and Lincolnshire (minus the northern part of Lindsey) had a single county council for the first time, although the names of the Parts survive in some of the names of district councils. Under theLocal Government Act 1972, the four rural districts in Kesteven, along with the boroughs and urban district, merged into twodistrict councils:[10]
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