Parts of Holland

Coordinates: 52°50′00″N 0°02′00″W / 52.8333°N 0.0333°W / 52.8333; -0.0333
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Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland
Holland shown within Lincolnshire
Area
 • 1901268,992 acres (1089 km²)
 • 1961267,847 acres (1083 km²)
Population
 • 190177,610
 • 1971105,685
History
 • Created1889
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded byLincolnshire
StatusAdministrative county
GovernmentHolland County Council
 • HQCounty Hall, Boston
Arms of Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland County Council

The Parts of Holland is a historical division of

South Holland
.

Administration

Holland sign on display at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life with the Latin motto Labor Ipse Merces (Work is its own reward)

Parts of Holland was one of the three medieval divisions, called '

quarter sessions). Under the Local Government Act 1888 it obtained a county council, which it retained until 1974. At that point the three county councils were abolished and Lincolnshire (minus the northern part of Lindsey, which formed part of Humberside) had a single county council for the first time.[2]

Before the changes of 1888, Holland had, since probably the tenth century, been divided into the three

Skirbeck.[3]

Under the

urban districts, with the municipal borough of Boston remaining untouched. The rural districts were Boston, Crowland, East Elloe and Spalding, whilst Holbeach, Long Sutton, Spalding and Sutton Bridge became urban districts.[4]

Geography

"The Map of South Holland" from "The history of imbanking and drayning" by William Dugdale (1662).

The geographical extent of the former

South Holland
.

Holland is all close to sea level, achieving a maximum altitude of about five metres (16 feet) on artificially raised river banks (

droves
.

Towns and villages in Holland

There is a resemblance in landscape between the Parts of Holland and Holland, the region in the Netherlands, although their meanings are different. Holland in England means "land of the hill spurs", although hill spurs are hardly obvious, while the Dutch Holland is derived from the Old Dutch term holt-lant ("wooded land"). Both Hollands have landscapes that are low lying and both are known for tulip growing.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Parts of Holland (former division, England, United Kingdom) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". britannica.com. 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  2. ISBN 978-0395271704
    .
  3. ^ Lewis, Samuel (1848). "Skidbrook - Skutterskelfe | A Topographical Dictionary of England (pp. 115-118)". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  4. ^ Akerman, Portland B; Ford, Percy H (1894). Parish Councils: A Guide to the Local Government Act 1894. London: Routledge.
  5. ISBN 0-7475-1511-5
    .

External links

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