| Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | |
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| History | |
| • Origin | Kingdom of Lindsey |
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| • Abolished | 1974 (administrative county) |
| • Succeeded by | Lincolnshire,Humberside |
| Status |
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| Government | Lindsey County Council |
| • HQ | Newland,Lincoln |
 Arms of the former Lindsey County Council | |
TheParts of Lindsey are a traditional division ofLincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county. TheIsle of Axholme, which is on the west side of theRiver Trent, has normally formed part of it. The district's name originated from theKingdom of Lindsey of Anglo-Saxon times, whose territories were merged with that ofStamford to form Lincolnshire.
As with the other historic divisions of Lincolnshire, Lindsey is no longer a local government unit, although its name survives in that of two districts of the county council area Lincolnshire (East andWest Lindsey), and it is still recognised as a geographical area.
When the English shires were established, Lindsey became part of Lincolnshire. It, and each ofKesteven andHolland, acquired the formal designation ofParts of Lincolnshire. Thus it became the Parts of Lindsey.
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Lindsey was itself divided into threeridings: the North, West and South Ridings, which in turn were divided intowapentakes. TheWest Riding covered the western part, includingGainsborough,Scunthorpe andSpital. TheNorth Riding covered the north-east, includingBarton upon Humber,Caistor,Cleethorpes,Brigg,Grimsby andMarket Rasen. TheSouth Riding covered the rest, in the south-east, includingLouth,Mablethorpe andSkegness. The point at which the Ridings all touched was somewhere nearLissington.[1]
Lindsey, like the other parts of Lincolnshire, had long had a separate county administration (Quarter Sessions). In 1889, this division was followed in the establishment of theadministrative county ofLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey, which had an electedcounty council.Lincoln andGrimsby were independentcounty boroughs.
Within the rest of Lindsey there were variousurban districts andrural districts, established by theLocal Government Act 1894. The rural districts wereCaistor,Gainsborough,Glanford Brigg,Grimsby,Horncastle,Isle of Axholme,Louth,Spilsby,Welton. A rural district ofSibsey also existed until 1936, when it was merged into Spilsby.
The administrative county of Parts of Lindsey was abolished on 1 April 1974 as a result of theLocal Government Act 1972. Its area was divided between two newnon-metropolitan counties: the northern area of Lindsey was placed inHumberside while the remainder passed to Lincolnshire.[2] In 1996 the unpopular decision was all but reversed, in that Lincolnshire status was reinstated for the areas that had become South Humberside, however the Lindsey name was not.
Lindsey was divided between sixnon-metropolitan districts, as follows[2]
| District | Area |
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| East Lindsey (Lincolnshire) | Rural districts ofHorncastle,Louth andSpilsby; Urban districts of Louth, Alford, Horncastle, Mablethorpe and Sutton, Skegness and Woodhall Spa. |
| West Lindsey (Lincolnshire) | Rural districts ofCaistor,Gainsborough,Welton; Urban districts of Gainsborough and Market Rasen |
| Cleethorpes (Humberside) | Rural district ofGrimsby; Municipal Borough of Cleethorpes |
| Glanford (Humberside) | Rural district ofGlanford Brigg; Urban districts of Barton and Brigg |
| Scunthorpe (Humberside) | Municipal Borough of Scunthorpe |
| Boothferry (Humberside) | Isle of Axholme Rural District; along with areas from theEast andWest Ridings ofYorkshire |
In 1996 the Humberside districts were re-grouped intounitary authorities; units which performed the duties of both county and administrative district. One isNorth Lincolnshire (centred onScunthorpe). This comprises the former districts of Glanford and Scunthorpe, as well as the Isle of Axholme which formed the southern part of Boothferry district. The second isNorth East Lincolnshire, comprising the former districts ofGreat Grimsby andCleethorpes. The two unitary authorities represent the most urbanised part of traditional Lincolnshire.
The remaining parts of Lindsey largely correspond to the 1974Lincolnshire County Council districts ofWest Lindsey andEast Lindsey.
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