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.ib-former-subdiv .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-native{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms,.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms td{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms table{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms tbody tr:first-child td{width:50%;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}</style><table class="infobox ib-former-subdiv vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">&#160;•&#160;Created</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1889</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">&#160;•&#160;Abolished</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1974</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">&#160;•&#160;Succeeded&#160;by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_county" title="Administrative county">Administrative county</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kesteven_County_Council" title="Kesteven County Council">Kesteven County Council</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">&#160;•&#160;<a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">HQ</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sleaford" title="Sleaford">Sleaford</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_Kesteven_County_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The arms of Kesteven County Council"><img alt="The arms of Kesteven County Council" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Arms_of_Kesteven_County_Council.svg/200px-Arms_of_Kesteven_County_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Arms_of_Kesteven_County_Council.svg/300px-Arms_of_Kesteven_County_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Arms_of_Kesteven_County_Council.svg/400px-Arms_of_Kesteven_County_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="1013" /></a></span><br /></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Parts of Kesteven</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="&#39;k&#39; in &#39;kind&#39;">k</span><span title="/ɛ/: &#39;e&#39; in &#39;dress&#39;">ɛ</span><span title="&#39;s&#39; in &#39;sigh&#39;">s</span><span title="&#39;t&#39; in &#39;tie&#39;">t</span><span title="/ə/: &#39;a&#39; in &#39;about&#39;">ə</span><span title="&#39;v&#39; in &#39;vie&#39;">v</span><span title="/ən/: &#39;on&#39; in &#39;button&#39;">ən</span></span>/</a></span></span> or <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="&#39;k&#39; in &#39;kind&#39;">k</span><span title="/ə/: &#39;a&#39; in &#39;about&#39;">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="&#39;s&#39; in &#39;sigh&#39;">s</span><span title="&#39;t&#39; in &#39;tie&#39;">t</span><span title="/iː/: &#39;ee&#39; in &#39;fleece&#39;">iː</span><span title="&#39;v&#39; in &#39;vie&#39;">v</span><span title="/ən/: &#39;on&#39; in &#39;button&#39;">ən</span></span>/</a></span></span>) are a traditional division of <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. This division had long had a separate county administration (<a href="/wiki/Quarter_session" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter session">quarter sessions</a>), along with the two other <a href="/wiki/Parts_of_Lincolnshire" title="Parts of Lincolnshire">Parts of Lincolnshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_(British_subdivision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lindsey (British subdivision)">Lindsey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Holland,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Holland, Lincolnshire">Holland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kesteven&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Kesteven</i> is first attested in the late tenth century Latin translation of the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle" title="Anglo-Saxon Chronicle">Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</a> by <a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelweard" title="Æthelweard">Æthelweard</a>, in the form <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">Ceoftefne</i></span> (agreed by scholars to be a scribal error for <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">Ceostefne</i></span>). The name appears in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086 as <i>Chetsteven</i> and from 1185 as <span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">Ketsteuene</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first part of the name comes from the <a href="/wiki/Common_Brittonic" title="Common Brittonic">Common Brittonic</a> word <i><span title="Old Welsh-language text">&#42;<i lang="owl">ceto-</i></span></i> ("<a href="/wiki/Forest" title="Forest">woodland</a>"), still found in <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Modern Welsh</a> as <i><span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">coed</i></span></i>. The second element is the <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> word <span title="Old Norse-language text"><i lang="non">stefna</i></span> ("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".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 321">&#58;&#8202;321&#8202;</span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_areas">Administrative areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kesteven&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Administrative areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wapentakes_and_Sokes">Wapentakes and Sokes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kesteven&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Wapentakes and Sokes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, Lincolnshire was divided into <a href="/wiki/Wapentake" class="mw-redirect" title="Wapentake">wapentakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hundred_(county_division)" title="Hundred (county division)">hundreds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soke_(legal)" title="Soke (legal)">sokes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The following made up Kesteven: </p> <ul><li>Aswardburn Wapentake</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aveland" title="Aveland">Aveland</a> Wapentake</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wapentake_of_Beltisloe" class="mw-redirect" title="Wapentake of Beltisloe">Beltisloe Wapentake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boothby_Graffoe" title="Boothby Graffoe">Boothby Graffo</a> Wapentake</li> <li>Flaxwell Wapentake</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langoe_(wapentake)" class="mw-redirect" title="Langoe (wapentake)">Langoe Wapentake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loveden_(wapentake)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loveden (wapentake)">Lovedon</a> Wapentake</li> <li>Ness Wapentake</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnibriggs_and_Threo" title="Winnibriggs and Threo">Winnibriggs and Threo</a> Wapentake</li> <li>Borough and Soke of <a href="/wiki/Grantham" title="Grantham">Grantham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Lincolnshire" title="Stamford, Lincolnshire">Stamford</a> Borough</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_Government_Act_1888">Local Government Act 1888</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kesteven&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Local Government Act 1888"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The three parts were given separate elected <a href="/wiki/County_council" title="County council">county councils</a> in 1889 by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1888" title="Local Government Act 1888">Local Government Act 1888</a>, and recognised as <a href="/wiki/Administrative_counties_of_England" title="Administrative counties of England">administrative counties</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kesteven lies in the south-west of Lincolnshire. It includes the towns of: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bourne,_Lincolnshire" title="Bourne, Lincolnshire">Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracebridge,_Lincolnshire" title="Bracebridge, Lincolnshire">Bracebridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grantham" title="Grantham">Grantham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_Deeping" title="Market Deeping">Market Deeping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleaford" title="Sleaford">Sleaford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamford,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Stamford, England">Stamford</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_Government_Act_1894">Local Government Act 1894</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kesteven&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Local Government Act 1894"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1894" title="Local Government Act 1894">Local Government Act 1894</a> Kesteven was divided into a number of <a href="/wiki/Rural_district" title="Rural district">rural district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">urban districts</a> based on earlier <a href="/wiki/Sanitary_district" title="Sanitary district">sanitary districts</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bourne_Rural_District" title="Bourne Rural District">Bourne Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branston_Rural_District" title="Branston Rural District">Branston Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grantham_Rural_District" title="Grantham Rural District">Grantham Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claypole_Rural_District" title="Claypole Rural District">Claypole Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleaford_Rural_District" title="Sleaford Rural District">Sleaford Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uffington_Rural_District" title="Uffington Rural District">Uffington Rural District</a></li></ul> <p>The urban districts and boroughs were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bourne,_Lincolnshire" title="Bourne, Lincolnshire">Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracebridge,_Lincolnshire" title="Bracebridge, Lincolnshire">Bracebridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grantham,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Grantham, Lincolnshire">Grantham</a> (borough)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruskington" title="Ruskington">Ruskington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleaford" title="Sleaford">Sleaford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Lincolnshire" title="Stamford, Lincolnshire">Stamford</a> (borough)</li></ul> <p>Bourne Urban District was abolished in 1920, with Bourne becoming a parish in Bourne Rural District. Bracebridge became part of the county borough of <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln, Lincolnshire">Lincoln</a> that same year, becoming associated with the Parts of Lindsey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_Government_Act_1929">Local Government Act 1929</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kesteven&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Local Government Act 1929"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rural districts were re-organised by a <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1929" title="Local Government Act 1929">County Review Order</a> in 1929, to create four new districts named after points of the compass:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Kesteven_Rural_District" title="East Kesteven Rural District">East Kesteven Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Kesteven_Rural_District" title="North Kesteven Rural District">North Kesteven Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Kesteven_Rural_District" title="South Kesteven Rural District">South Kesteven Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Kesteven_Rural_District" title="West Kesteven Rural District">West Kesteven Rural District</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_Government_Act_1972">Local Government Act 1972</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kesteven&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Local Government Act 1972"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, the four rural districts in Kesteven, along with the boroughs and urban district, merged into two <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">district councils</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Kesteven" title="North Kesteven">North Kesteven District Council</a> - A merger of North and East Rural Districts and Sleaford Urban District</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Kesteven" title="South Kesteven">South Kesteven District Council</a> - A merger of South and West Rural Districts and the boroughs of Grantham and Stamford</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Titles_of_nobility_associated_with_Kesteven">Titles of nobility associated with Kesteven</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kesteven&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Titles of nobility associated with Kesteven"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The title of <i><a href="/wiki/Trollope_baronets" title="Trollope baronets">Baron Kesteven</a></i> existed from 1868 until 1915.</li> <li>The title of <i><a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lindsey" title="Earl of Lindsey">Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven</a></i> existed from 1715 to 1809.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> and Kesteven native, chose 'of Kesteven' as the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_designation" title="Territorial designation">territorial designation</a> for her <a href="/wiki/Life_peerage" class="mw-redirect" title="Life peerage">life peerage</a> in 1992, becoming <i>Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kesteven&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Lindsey, Lincolnshire">Parts of Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parts_of_Holland" title="Parts of Holland">Parts of Holland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland" title="Rutland">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdonshire" title="Huntingdonshire">Huntingdonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Ely" title="Isle of Ely">Isle of Ely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soke_of_Peterborough" title="Soke of Peterborough">Soke of Peterborough</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kesteven&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Chronicle of Aethelweard, ed. A.Campbell, London, 1962, quoted in Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names, Cameron, English Place-Name Society, 1998 (p.72)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pipe Rolls, quoted in Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names, Cameron, English Place-Name Society, 1998 (p.72)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWatts2004" class="citation book cs1">Watts, Victor, ed. (2004). <i>The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521168557" title="Special:BookSources/9780521168557"><bdi>9780521168557</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Cambridge+Dictionary+of+English+Place-Names%2C+Based+on+the+Collections+of+the+English+Place-Name+Society&amp;rft.place=Cambridge&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2004&amp;rft.isbn=9780521168557&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKesteven" class="Z3988"></span>, s.v. <i>Kesteven</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEkwall1929" class="citation journal cs1">Ekwall, Eilert (January 1929). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00393272908586734">"Etymological notes"</a>. <i>Studia Neophilologica</i>. <b>2</b> (1): 28–40. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00393272908586734">10.1080/00393272908586734</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0039-3274">0039-3274</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Studia+Neophilologica&amp;rft.atitle=Etymological+notes&amp;rft.volume=2&amp;rft.issue=1&amp;rft.pages=28-40&amp;rft.date=1929-01&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F00393272908586734&amp;rft.issn=0039-3274&amp;rft.aulast=Ekwall&amp;rft.aufirst=Eilert&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1080%2F00393272908586734&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKesteven" class="Z3988"></span>, pp. 36–37.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCoatesBreeze2000" class="citation book cs1">Coates, Richard; Breeze, Andrew (2000). <i>Celtic Voices, English Places: Studies of the Celtic Impact on Place-Names in Britain</i>. Stamford: Tyas. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1900289415" title="Special:BookSources/1900289415"><bdi>1900289415</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Celtic+Voices%2C+English+Places%3A+Studies+of+the+Celtic+Impact+on+Place-Names+in+Britain&amp;rft.place=Stamford&amp;rft.pub=Tyas&amp;rft.date=2000&amp;rft.isbn=1900289415&amp;rft.aulast=Coates&amp;rft.aufirst=Richard&amp;rft.au=Breeze%2C+Andrew&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKesteven" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParson1826" class="citation book cs1">Parson, William (1826). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fC6ZRVXMIkAC&amp;q=lawress%20wapentake&amp;pg=PA23"><i>The History and Directory of the Towns and Principal Villages in the County of Lincoln</i></a>. Leeds: William White &amp; Co<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 November</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+History+and+Directory+of+the+Towns+and+Principal+Villages+in+the+County+of+Lincoln&amp;rft.place=Leeds&amp;rft.pub=William+White+%26+Co.&amp;rft.date=1826&amp;rft.aulast=Parson&amp;rft.aufirst=William&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfC6ZRVXMIkAC%26q%3Dlawress%2520wapentake%26pg%3DPA23&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKesteven" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Local Government Act 1888 (51 &amp; 52 Vict. c.41)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Local Government Act 1894 (56 &amp; 57 Vict. c. 73)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Local Government Act 1929 (19 &amp; 20 Geo V c.17)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. 70)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). <i>Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage</i> (1990 edition). 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title="Barton-upon-Humber">Barton-upon-Humber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Lincolnshire" title="Boston, Lincolnshire">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottesford,_Lincolnshire" title="Bottesford, Lincolnshire">Bottesford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourne,_Lincolnshire" title="Bourne, Lincolnshire">Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigg" title="Brigg">Brigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broughton,_Lincolnshire" title="Broughton, Lincolnshire">Broughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgh_le_Marsh" title="Burgh le Marsh">Burgh le Marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caistor" title="Caistor">Caistor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleethorpes" title="Cleethorpes">Cleethorpes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowland" title="Crowland">Crowland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowle,_Lincolnshire" title="Crowle, Lincolnshire">Crowle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epworth,_Lincolnshire" title="Epworth, Lincolnshire">Epworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainsborough,_Lincolnshire" title="Gainsborough, Lincolnshire">Gainsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grantham" title="Grantham">Grantham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby" title="Grimsby">Grimsby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holbeach" title="Holbeach">Holbeach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horncastle" title="Horncastle">Horncastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immingham" title="Immingham">Immingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirton_in_Lindsey" title="Kirton in Lindsey">Kirton in Lindsey</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_England" title="Lincoln, England">Lincoln</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Sutton,_Lincolnshire" title="Long Sutton, Lincolnshire">Long Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louth,_Lincolnshire" title="Louth, Lincolnshire">Louth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mablethorpe" title="Mablethorpe">Mablethorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_Deeping" title="Market Deeping">Market Deeping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_Rasen" title="Market Rasen">Market Rasen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Hykeham" title="North 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