The Parts of Kesteven ( or ) 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

The word ''Kesteven'' is supposed to have derived from two root words: the

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' meaning wood (compare Modern Welsh ') and the Old Norse ', a meeting place. The earliest record of the place-name is c1000 and was spelt , developing into by 1185.

Administrative areas

Wapentakes and Sokes

Historically, Lincolnshire was divided into wapentakes, hundreds and sokes. The following made up Kesteven: * Aswardburn Wapentake *

Aveland Aveland was a Wapentake of Kesteven from the time of the Danelaw until the Local Government Act 1888. Its meeting place was The Aveland at in the parish of Aslackby. Origins Aveland was probably established as an administrative unit soon after ...

Wapentake * Beltisloe Wapentake * Boothby Graffo Wapentake * Flaxwell Wapentake *

Langoe Wapentake Langoe Wapentake was one of the ancient divisions of the parts of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. It was separated into two divisions, named First and Second. The First division consisted of the Parishes of Billinghay, Kirkby Green and Tim ...

* Lovedon Wapentake * Ness Wapentake * Winnibriggs and Threo Wapentake * Borough and Soke of Grantham * Stamford Borough

Local Government Act 1888

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

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* Bracebridge * Grantham * Market Deeping * Sleaford * Stamford

Local Government Act 1894

Under the Local Government Act 1894 Kesteven was divided into a number of

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...

and urban districts based on earlier sanitary districts: *

Bourne Rural District Bourne 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 Bourne rural sanitary district. In 1931, under a County Review Order The Local Government Act 192 ...

Branston Rural District Branston was a rural district in Kesteven in Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1931. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of Lincoln rural sanitary district which was in Kesteven (the rest going to form Welton Rural D ...

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 ...

Claypole Rural District Claypole was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven from 1894 to 1931. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Newark-on-Trent rural sanitary district which was in Kesteven (the rest going to form the ...

Sleaford Rural District Sleaford was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Kesteven, Parts of Kesteven, England, from 1894 to 1931. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Sleaford rural sanitary district. In 1931, under a Local Government Act 1929, Co ...

Uffington Rural District Uffington was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven from 1894 to 1931. It was created in 1894 from that part of the Stamford rural sanitary district which was in Kesteven (the rest forming part of either Ketton Rural District in ...

The urban districts and boroughs were: *

* Bracebridge * Grantham (borough) *

Ruskington Ruskington is a large village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, located approximately 4 miles (7 km) north of Sleaford on the north–south B1188 road and slightly north of the A153 road. The village ...

* Sleaford * Stamford (borough) 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

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

East Kesteven Rural District East Kesteven was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven from 1931 to 1974. It was formed under a County Review Order, by the merger of most of the Sleaford Rural District and the parish of Haceby from Grantham Rural District. Th ...

North Kesteven Rural District North Kesteven was a rural district in Kesteven, Lincolnshire from 1931 to 1974. It was created in 1931 under a County Review Order, and was formed from the Branston Rural District, part of the Claypole Rural District and part of the Sleaford Rura ...

South Kesteven Rural District South Kesteven was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven in England from 1931 to 1974. It was formed under a County Review Order in 1931, by the merger of the Bourne Rural District and the Uffington Rural District. It continued in e ...

West Kesteven Rural District West Kesteven was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven, England from 1931 to 1974. It was formed under a County Review Order The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes ...

Local Government Act 1972

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

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, the four rural districts in Kesteven, along with the boroughs and urban district, merged into two district councils: * North Kesteven District Council - A merger of North and East Rural Districts and Sleaford Urban District * South Kesteven District Council - A merger of South and West Rural Districts and the boroughs of Grantham and Stamford

Titles of nobility associated with Kesteven

* The title of '' Baron Kesteven'' existed from 1868 until 1915. * The title of '' Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven'' existed from 1715 to 1809. * Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Kesteven native, chose 'of Kesteven' as territorial designation for her

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in 1992, becoming ''Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire''.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990

References

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External links

Map of Kesteven
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