East Kesteven was a

rural district A rural district was a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. I ...

in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven from 1931 to 1974. It was formed under a

County Review Order The Local Government Act 1929 ( 19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 17) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales. The act abolished the system of poor law unions in England ...

, by the merger of most of the Sleaford Rural District and the parish of

Haceby Haceby is a village in the civil parish of Newton and Haceby in the district of North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is east from Grantham, 8 miles south from Sleaford, and south from the A52 road. In 1921 the parish had a population o ...

from

Grantham Rural District Grantham was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven from 1894 to 1931. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Grantham rural sanitary district, the Leicestershire part of which went to form the Belvoir Rural D ...

. The district was abolished in 1974 under the

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

, going to form part of the new

North Kesteven North Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Sleaford. The district also contains the town of North Hykeham, which adjoins the neighbouring city of Lincoln, England, L ...

district.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201519/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10106618 {{coord, 53.00, -0.35, dim:35000_region:GB, display=title Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Rural districts of Kesteven