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class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • Created</span></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">Ancient</a> (<a href="/wiki/Parts_of_Lincolnshire" title="Parts of Lincolnshire">part of Lincolnshire</a>)</li> <li>1889 (administrative county)</li></ul> </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"> • Abolished</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1974 (administrative county)</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"> • Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humberside" title="Humberside">Humberside</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"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parts_of_Lincolnshire" title="Parts of Lincolnshire">Part</a> of the historic county <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_county" title="Administrative county">Administrative county</a> (1889–1974)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_County_Council" title="Lindsey County Council">Lindsey 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"> • <a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">HQ</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Newland, <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln, Lincolnshire">Lincoln</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_Lindsey_County_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Arms_of_Lindsey_County_Council.svg/100px-Arms_of_Lindsey_County_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Arms_of_Lindsey_County_Council.svg/150px-Arms_of_Lindsey_County_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Arms_of_Lindsey_County_Council.svg/200px-Arms_of_Lindsey_County_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1003" /></a></span><br />Arms of the former Lindsey County Council<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 Lindsey</b> are a traditional division of <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a>, England, covering the northern part of the county. The <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Axholme" title="Isle of Axholme">Isle of Axholme</a>, which is on the west side of the <a href="/wiki/River_Trent" title="River Trent">River Trent</a>, has normally formed part of it. The district's name originated from the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Lindsey" title="Kingdom of Lindsey">Kingdom of Lindsey</a> of Anglo-Saxon times, whose territories were merged with that of <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Lincolnshire" title="Stamford, Lincolnshire">Stamford</a> to form Lincolnshire. </p><p>As with the other historic divisions of Lincolnshire, Lindsey is no longer a local government unit, although its name survives in that of two districts of the county council area Lincolnshire (<a href="/wiki/East_Lindsey" title="East Lindsey">East</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Lindsey" title="West Lindsey">West Lindsey</a>), and it is still recognised as a geographical area. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parts_of_Lindsey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the English shires were established, Lindsey became part of Lincolnshire. It, and each of <a href="/wiki/Kesteven" title="Kesteven">Kesteven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parts_of_Holland" title="Parts of Holland">Holland</a>, acquired the formal designation of <a href="/wiki/Parts_of_Lincolnshire" title="Parts of Lincolnshire">Parts of Lincolnshire</a>. Thus it became the Parts of Lindsey. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ridings_of_Lindsey_-_Lincolnshire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Ridings_of_Lindsey_-_Lincolnshire.svg/220px-Ridings_of_Lindsey_-_Lincolnshire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Ridings_of_Lindsey_-_Lincolnshire.svg/330px-Ridings_of_Lindsey_-_Lincolnshire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Ridings_of_Lindsey_-_Lincolnshire.svg/440px-Ridings_of_Lindsey_-_Lincolnshire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1001" data-file-height="1398" /></a><figcaption>Former Ridings of Lindsey in Lincolnshire</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%22The_Map_of_Lindsey_Level%22_(1662).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/%22The_Map_of_Lindsey_Level%22_%281662%29.jpg/220px-%22The_Map_of_Lindsey_Level%22_%281662%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/%22The_Map_of_Lindsey_Level%22_%281662%29.jpg/330px-%22The_Map_of_Lindsey_Level%22_%281662%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/%22The_Map_of_Lindsey_Level%22_%281662%29.jpg/440px-%22The_Map_of_Lindsey_Level%22_%281662%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4568" data-file-height="1875" /></a><figcaption>"The Map of Lindsey Levell" from "The history of imbanking and drayning" by <a href="/wiki/William_Dugdale" title="William Dugdale">William Dugdale</a> (1662).</figcaption></figure> <p>Lindsey was itself divided into three <a href="/wiki/Riding_(division)" title="Riding (division)">ridings</a>: the North, West and South Ridings, which in turn were divided into <a href="/wiki/Wapentake" class="mw-redirect" title="Wapentake">wapentakes</a>. The <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Lindsey" title="West Riding of Lindsey">West Riding</a> covered the western part, including <a href="/wiki/Gainsborough,_Lincolnshire" title="Gainsborough, Lincolnshire">Gainsborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe" title="Scunthorpe">Scunthorpe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spital,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Spital, Lincolnshire">Spital</a>. The <a href="/wiki/North_Riding_of_Lindsey" title="North Riding of Lindsey">North Riding</a> covered the north-east, including <a href="/wiki/Barton_upon_Humber" class="mw-redirect" title="Barton upon Humber">Barton upon Humber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caistor" title="Caistor">Caistor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleethorpes" title="Cleethorpes">Cleethorpes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glanford_Brigg" class="mw-redirect" title="Glanford Brigg">Brigg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grimsby" title="Grimsby">Grimsby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Market_Rasen" title="Market Rasen">Market Rasen</a>. The <a href="/wiki/South_Riding_of_Lindsey" class="mw-redirect" title="South Riding of Lindsey">South Riding</a> covered the rest, in the south-east, including <a href="/wiki/Louth,_Lincolnshire" title="Louth, Lincolnshire">Louth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mablethorpe" title="Mablethorpe">Mablethorpe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skegness" title="Skegness">Skegness</a>. The point at which the Ridings all touched was somewhere near <a href="/wiki/Lissington" title="Lissington">Lissington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lindsey, like the other parts of Lincolnshire, had long had a separate county administration (<a href="/wiki/Quarter_Sessions" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarter Sessions">Quarter Sessions</a>). In 1889, this division was followed in the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_counties_of_England" title="Administrative counties of England">administrative county</a> of <b>Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey</b>, which had an elected <a href="/wiki/County_council" title="County council">county council</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln, Lincolnshire">Lincoln</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grimsby" title="Grimsby">Grimsby</a> were independent <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county boroughs</a>. </p><p>Within the rest of Lindsey there were various <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">urban districts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rural_district" title="Rural district">rural districts</a>, established by the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1894" title="Local Government Act 1894">Local Government Act 1894</a>. The rural districts were <a href="/wiki/Caistor_Rural_District" title="Caistor Rural District">Caistor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gainsborough_Rural_District" title="Gainsborough Rural District">Gainsborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glanford_Brigg_Rural_District" title="Glanford Brigg Rural District">Glanford Brigg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Rural_District" title="Grimsby Rural District">Grimsby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horncastle_Rural_District" title="Horncastle Rural District">Horncastle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Axholme_Rural_District" title="Isle of Axholme Rural District">Isle of Axholme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louth_Rural_District" title="Louth Rural District">Louth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spilsby_Rural_District" title="Spilsby Rural District">Spilsby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Welton_Rural_District" title="Welton Rural District">Welton</a>. A rural district of <a href="/wiki/Sibsey_Rural_District" title="Sibsey Rural District">Sibsey</a> also existed until 1936, when it was merged into Spilsby. </p><p>The administrative county of Parts of Lindsey was abolished on 1 April 1974 as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>. Its area was divided between two new <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">non-metropolitan counties</a>: the northern area of Lindsey was placed in <a href="/wiki/Humberside" title="Humberside">Humberside</a> while the remainder passed to Lincolnshire.<sup id="cite_ref-guide_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996 the unpopular decision was all but reversed, in that Lincolnshire status was reinstated for the areas that had become South Humberside, however the Lindsey name was not. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Humberside_South.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Humberside_South.jpg/220px-Humberside_South.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Humberside_South.jpg/330px-Humberside_South.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Humberside_South.jpg/440px-Humberside_South.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1183" data-file-height="796" /></a><figcaption>Roadsigns showing Humberside and Lindsey</figcaption></figure> <p>Lindsey was divided between six <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">non-metropolitan districts</a>, as follows<sup id="cite_ref-guide_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>District</th> <th>Area </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Lindsey" title="East Lindsey">East Lindsey</a> (Lincolnshire) </td> <td>Rural districts of <a href="/wiki/Horncastle_Rural_District" title="Horncastle Rural District">Horncastle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louth_Rural_District" title="Louth Rural District">Louth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spilsby_Rural_District" title="Spilsby Rural District">Spilsby</a>;<br />Urban districts of Louth, Alford, Horncastle, Mablethorpe and Sutton, Skegness and Woodhall Spa. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Lindsey" title="West Lindsey">West Lindsey</a> (Lincolnshire) </td> <td>Rural districts of <a href="/wiki/Caistor_Rural_District" title="Caistor Rural District">Caistor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gainsborough_Rural_District" title="Gainsborough Rural District">Gainsborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Welton_Rural_District" title="Welton Rural District">Welton</a>;<br />Urban districts of Gainsborough and Market Rasen </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleethorpes_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleethorpes (borough)">Cleethorpes</a> (Humberside) </td> <td>Rural district of <a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Rural_District" title="Grimsby Rural District">Grimsby</a>; Municipal Borough of Cleethorpes </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glanford" title="Glanford">Glanford</a> (Humberside) </td> <td>Rural district of <a href="/wiki/Glanford_Brigg_Rural_District" title="Glanford Brigg Rural District">Glanford Brigg</a>; Urban districts of Barton and Brigg </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Scunthorpe" title="Borough of Scunthorpe">Scunthorpe</a> (Humberside) </td> <td>Municipal Borough of Scunthorpe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boothferry_(district)" title="Boothferry (district)">Boothferry</a> (Humberside) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Axholme_Rural_District" title="Isle of Axholme Rural District">Isle of Axholme Rural District</a>; along with areas from the <a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">East</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">West Ridings</a> of <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Present_authorities">Present authorities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parts_of_Lindsey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Present authorities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1996 the Humberside districts were re-grouped into <a href="/wiki/Unitary_authority" title="Unitary authority">unitary authorities</a>; units which performed the duties of both county and administrative district. One is <a href="/wiki/North_Lincolnshire" title="North Lincolnshire">North Lincolnshire</a> (centred on <a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe" title="Scunthorpe">Scunthorpe</a>). This comprises the former districts of Glanford and Scunthorpe, as well as the Isle of Axholme which formed the southern part of Boothferry district. The second is <a href="/wiki/North_East_Lincolnshire" title="North East Lincolnshire">North East Lincolnshire</a>, comprising the former districts of <a href="/wiki/Great_Grimsby_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Grimsby (borough)">Great Grimsby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cleethorpes_(borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleethorpes (borough)">Cleethorpes</a>. The two unitary authorities represent the most urbanised part of traditional Lincolnshire. </p><p>The remaining parts of Lindsey largely correspond to the 1974 <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_County_Council" title="Lincolnshire County Council">Lincolnshire County Council</a> districts of <a href="/wiki/West_Lindsey" title="West Lindsey">West Lindsey</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Lindsey" title="East Lindsey">East Lindsey</a>. </p> <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=Parts_of_Lindsey&action=edit&section=3" 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"><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"><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 class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060107032828/http://www.roffe.freeserve.co.uk/lindsey.htm">"Lindsey"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.roffe.freeserve.co.uk/lindsey.htm">the original</a> on 7 January 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Lindsey&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roffe.freeserve.co.uk%2Flindsey.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AParts+of+Lindsey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-guide-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-guide_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-guide_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/HMSO" class="mw-redirect" title="HMSO">HMSO</a>. 1974. pp. 60, 71. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-11-750847-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-11-750847-0"><bdi>0-11-750847-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Local+government+in+England+and+Wales%3A+A+Guide+to+the+New+System&rft.place=London&rft.pages=60%2C+71&rft.pub=HMSO&rft.date=1974&rft.isbn=0-11-750847-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AParts+of+Lindsey" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parts_of_Lindsey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Russell, Reginald Charles (1965). <i>A History of Schools and Education in Lindsey, Lincolnshire: 1800–1902</i>. Lindsey County Council Education Committee.</li> <li>Russell, Rex C. (1994). <i>A History of School Teachers in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, c. 1800–1902</i>. Barton-upon-Humber: Workers Education Association, Barton-upon-Humber Branch.</li> <li>Wickstead, Arthur (1978). <i>Lincolnshire, Lindsey: The Story of a County Council, 1889–1974</i>. Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVince1993" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Vince" title="Alan Vince">Vince, Alan</a>, ed. (1993). <i>Pre-Viking Lindsey</i>. Lincoln: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9514987-7-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-9514987-7-0"><bdi>0-9514987-7-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pre-Viking+Lindsey&rft.place=Lincoln&rft.pub=City+of+Lincoln+Archaeology+Unit&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-9514987-7-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AParts+of+Lindsey" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parts_of_Lindsey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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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 Hykeham">North Hykeham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe" title="Scunthorpe">Scunthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skegness" title="Skegness">Skegness</a></li> <li><a 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