Parts of Lincolnshire
The three parts of the
second-largest county in England. Similar in nature to the three ridings of Yorkshire, they existed as local government units until commencement of the Local Government Act 1972
.
The three parts were:
The three parts touched in a tripoint somewhere near Chapel Hill.
Each of the parts had long had separate county administration (
quarter sessions), and each was created a discrete administrative county with its own county council in 1889
.
This arrangement lasted until 1974, when the three councils were replaced by a single
unitary authorities
).
Although the parts no longer exist as units of local government, they are still recognised as broad geographical areas of Lincolnshire, and their names live on in some of the county's
South Holland
).
Quarter sessions
Term→ ↓Area |
Epiphany | Easter | Midsummer | Michaelmas |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kesteven | Bourne | Bourne | Bourne | Boston |
Holland | Bourne | Bourne | Bourne | Boston |
Lindsey (first division) | Kirton in Lindsey | Kirton in Lindsey | Kirton in Lindsey | Kirton in Lindsey |
Lindsey (second division) | Spilsby | Louth | Spilsby | Louth |
In 1906, quarter sessions were held at Lincoln for Lindsey, at Bourne and Sleaford for Kesteven, and at Spalding and Boston for Holland.[2]
See also
References
- ^ The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales. Vol. III. A. Fullarton. 1847. p. 114. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Page, William (1906). The Victoria history of the county of Lincoln. Vol. 2. London: Constable. p. 354. Retrieved 4 July 2019.