Kesteven

Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven
Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven
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History
• Created	1889
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Lincolnshire
Status	Administrative county
Government	Kesteven County Council
• HQ	Sleaford
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The Parts of Kesteven (/ˈkɛstəvən/ or /kəˈstiːvən/) 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.

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The name Kesteven is first attested in the late tenth century Latin translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Æthelweard, in the form Ceoftefne (agreed by scholars to be a scribal error for Ceostefne). The name appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Chetsteven and from 1185 as Ketsteuene.^[1]^[2]^[3] The first part of the name comes from the Common Brittonic word *ceto- ("woodland"), still found in Modern Welsh as coed. The second element is the Old Norse word stefna ("meeting place"). Thus the name a place named by Brittonic-speakers as "Woodland" came to be included by Old Norse speakers coining a name that meant "meeting place at [the place called] Coed".^[4]^[3]^[5]^: 321

Wapentakes and Sokes

Historically, Lincolnshire was divided into wapentakes, hundreds and sokes.^[6] The following made up Kesteven:

Aswardburn Wapentake
Aveland Wapentake
Beltisloe Wapentake
Boothby Graffo Wapentake
Flaxwell Wapentake
Langoe Wapentake
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.^[7] 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:^[8]

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:^[9]

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:^[10]

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

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 the territorial designation for her life peerage in 1992, becoming Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire.^[11]

[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]
Watts, Victor, ed. (2004). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521168557., s.v. Kesteven.
[4]
Ekwall, Eilert (January 1929). "Etymological notes". Studia Neophilologica. 2 (1): 28–40. doi:10.1080/00393272908586734. ISSN 0039-3274., pp. 36–37.
[5]
Coates, Richard; Breeze, Andrew (2000). Celtic Voices, English Places: Studies of the Celtic Impact on Place-Names in Britain. Stamford: Tyas. ISBN 1900289415..
[6]
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.
[7]
The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c.41)
[8]
The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73)
[9]
Local Government Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo V c.17)
[10]
Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. 70)
[11]
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990

Youngs, Frederic A (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
Youngs, Frederic A (1991). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol2: Northern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193-127-0.

Map of Kesteven on Wikishire

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[1] [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] [2]
Pipe Rolls, quoted in Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names, Cameron, English Place-Name Society, 1998 (p.72)

[:0-3] [3]
Watts, Victor, ed. (2004). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521168557., s.v. Kesteven.

[4] [4]
Ekwall, Eilert (January 1929). "Etymological notes". Studia Neophilologica. 2 (1): 28–40. doi:10.1080/00393272908586734. ISSN 0039-3274., pp. 36–37.

[5] [5]
Coates, Richard; Breeze, Andrew (2000). Celtic Voices, English Places: Studies of the Celtic Impact on Place-Names in Britain. Stamford: Tyas. ISBN 1900289415..

[6] [6]
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.

[7] [7]
The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c.41)

[8] [8]
The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73)

[9] [9]
Local Government Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo V c.17)

[10] [10]
Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. 70)

[11] [11]
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990

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Local Government Act 1888

Local Government Act 1894

Local Government Act 1929

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Titles of nobility associated with Kesteven

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