Sibsey 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rural district A rural district was a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom.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 Lindsey from 1894 to 1936. It was formed in 1894 from that part of the

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

rural sanitary district Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures: *Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies *Rural sanitary dis ...

which in Lindsey (the

Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former provinces of the Netherlands, province on the western coast of the Netherland ...

part forming the

Boston Rural District Boston was a rural district in Holland, Lincolnshire from 1894 to 1974. It was formed from the Boston rural sanitary district by the Local Government Act 1894 and did not include the municipal borough of Boston. The part of Boston RSD which was i ...

). It included the parishes of

Sibsey Sibsey is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated at the junction of the A16 and B1184 roads, north from Boston. Sibsey Northlands is to the north of the village. The P ...

, Carrington,

Frithville Frithville is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Frithville and Westville in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of Frithville and Westville was 549 in 2001, increasing at the 2011 census to 56 ...

Langriville Langriville is a civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, about north west of the town of Boston on the B1192, and on the banks of the River Witham. History Langriville was created a township in 1812 near a ferry over the River Witham called La ...

, Seven Acres, Thornton le Fen, and Westville. The district was abolished in 1936 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 ...

. The bulk became part of Spilsby Rural District with part of a couple of parishes going to

References

*http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10073315 Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Rural districts of England {{Lincolnshire-geo-stub