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*[[North Kesteven|North Kesteven District Council]] - A merger of North and East Rural Districts and Sleaford Urban District
*[[North Kesteven|North Kesteven District Council]] - A merger of North and East Rural Districts and Sleaford Urban District
*[[South Kesteven|South Kesteven District Council]] - A merger of South and West Rural Districts and the boroughs of Grantham and Stamford
*[[South Kesteven|South Kesteven District Council]] - A merger of South and West Rural Districts and the boroughs of Grantham and Stamford

== Kesteven County Council ==
=== Chairmen ===
* 1889–98: [[Sir William Welby-Gregory, 4th Baronet]]
* 1898–1921: [[Sir John Thorold, 12th Baronet]].<ref name=":0">"Death of Sir John H. Thorold, Bart.", ''Grantham Journal'', 7 October 1922, p. 5</ref>
* 1921–34: [[Sir Charles Welby, 5th Baronet]]
* 1934–54: [[Robert Pattinson (British politician)|Sir Robert Pattinson]]
* 1955–62: [[Frank Jenkinson|F. J. Jenkinson]]
* 1962–67: [[H. W. N. Fane]]
* 1968–73: [[J. H. Lewis]]

=== Vice-chairmen ===
* 1889–98: Sir John Thorold, 12th Baronet.<ref name=":0" />
* 1898–1904: [[Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 3rd Baronet]].<ref name=":1">"Kesteven County Council", ''Sheffield Independent'', 31 March 1904, p. 8</ref>
* 1904–09: [[Valentine Stapleton]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">"Kesteven County Council", ''Grantham Journal'', 15 May 1909, p. 6</ref>
* 1909–21: Sir Charles Welby, 5th Baronet.<ref name=":2" />
* 1921–34: Robert Pattinson
* 1934–37: [[William Vere Reeve King-Fane|W. V. R. King-Fane]]
* 1937–40: [[J. H. Bowman]]
* 1940–55: F. J. Jenkinson
* 1955–56: [[John Cracroft-Amcotts]]
* 1957–62: H. W. N. Fane

===Coat of arms===
Kesteven County Council received a [[grant of arms]] in 1950. The [[Lincoln green]] shield bears an ermine pale, representing the Roman [[Ermine Street]] which runs the length of the county. This is charged with an oak tree for the ancient forests, among them [[The Fens#The Royal Forest|Kesteven Forest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/images/1/17/Kesteven.jpg |title=Coat of Arms of Kesteven|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>

The crest shows a heron with a pike in its beak. The dexter supporter is a Roman legionary which recalls the Roman settlements of the county. The sinister supporter is a poacher, recalling the song "[[The Lincolnshire Poacher]]", an unofficial anthem of Lincolnshire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lincolnshire - Parts of Kesteven|url=http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Lincolnshire_-_Parts_of_Kesteven|website=Heraldry of the World|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Joan|first1=Varley|title=The Parts of Kesteven|date=1974|pages=viii}}</ref>


==Titles of nobility associated with Kesteven==
==Titles of nobility associated with Kesteven==

Revision as of 01:08, 29 August 2022

Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven

History
 • Created1889
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded byLincolnshire
StatusAdministrative county
GovernmentKesteven County Council
 • HQSleaford
The arms of Kesteven County Council

The Parts of Kesteven (/ˈkɛstəvən/ or /kəˈstvən/) 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 Celtic *ceto- meaning wood (compare Modern Welsh coed) and the Old Norse stefna, a meeting place. The earliest record of the place-name is c1000 and was spelt Ceostefne,[1] developing into Ketsteuene by 1185.[2]

Administrative areas

Wapentakes and Sokes

Historically, Lincolnshire was divided into wapentakes, hundreds and sokes.[3] The following made up Kesteven:

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.[4] Kesteven lies in the south-west of Lincolnshire. It includes the towns of:

Local Government Act 1894

Under the Local Government Act 1894 Kesteven was divided into a number of rural district and urban districts based on earlier sanitary districts:[5]

The urban districts and boroughs were:

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:[6]

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 Local Government Act 1972, the four rural districts in Kesteven, along with the boroughs and urban district, merged into two district councils:[7]

Titles of nobility associated with Kesteven

See also

References

  1. ^ The Chronicle of Aethelweard, ed. A.Campbell, London, 1962, quoted in Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names, Cameron, English Place-Name Society, 1998 (p.72)
  2. ^ Pipe Rolls, quoted in Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names, Cameron, English Place-Name Society, 1998 (p.72)
  3. ^ Parson, William (1826). The History and Directory of the Towns and Principal Villages in the County of Lincoln. Leeds: William White & Co. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. ^ The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c.41)
  5. ^ The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73)
  6. ^ Local Government Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo V c.17)
  7. ^ Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. 70)
  8. ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990

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