Kesteven

Coordinates : 52°55′00″N 0°38′00″W  /  52.9167°N 0.6333°W  / 52.9167; -0.6333
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Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven

History
 ? Created 1889
 ? Abolished 1974
 ? Succeeded by Lincolnshire
Status Administrative county
Government Kesteven County Council
 ?  HQ Sleaford
The arms of Kesteven County Council

The Parts of Kesteven ( / ? k ? s t ? v ?n / or / k ? ? s t iː v ?n / ) are a traditional division of Lincolnshire , England . This division had long had a separate county administration ( quarter sessions ), along with the two other Parts of Lincolnshire , Lindsey and Holland .

Etymology [ edit ]

The word Kesteven is supposed to have derived from two root words: the Celtic * ceto- meaning wood (compare Modern Welsh coed ) and the Old Norse stefna , a meeting place. The earliest record of the place-name is c1000 and was spelt Ceostefne , [1] developing into Ketsteuene by 1185. [2]

Administrative areas [ edit ]

Wapentakes and Sokes [ edit ]

Historically, Lincolnshire was divided into wapentakes , hundreds and sokes . [3] The following made up Kesteven:

Local Government Act 1888 [ edit ]

The three parts were given separate elected county councils in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888 , and recognised as administrative counties . [4] Kesteven lies in the south-west of Lincolnshire. It includes the towns of:

Local Government Act 1894 [ edit ]

Under the Local Government Act 1894 Kesteven was divided into a number of rural district and urban districts based on earlier sanitary districts : [5]

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 of Lincoln that same year, becoming associated with the Parts of Lindsey.

Local Government Act 1929 [ edit ]

The rural districts were re-organised by a County Review Order in 1929, to create four new districts named after points of the compass: [6]

Local Government Act 1972 [ edit ]

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 the Local Government Act 1972 , the four rural districts in Kesteven, along with the boroughs and urban district, merged into two district councils : [7]

Titles of nobility associated with Kesteven [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ The Chronicle of Aethelweard, ed. A.Campbell, London, 1962, quoted in Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names, Cameron, English Place-Name Society, 1998 (p.72)
  2. ^ Pipe Rolls, quoted in Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names, Cameron, English Place-Name Society, 1998 (p.72)
  3. ^ Parson, William (1826). The History and Directory of the Towns and Principal Villages in the County of Lincoln . Leeds: William White & Co . Retrieved 4 November 2019 .
  4. ^ The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c.41)
  5. ^ The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73)
  6. ^ Local Government Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo V c.17)
  7. ^ Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. 70)
  8. ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990

External links [ edit ]

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