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Lindsey
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{{otheruses|See also:
Lindsey, Suffolk.}}
{{infobox historic district|
|Name= Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey
|HQ=
|Status=
Administrative county
|Start= 1889
|End= 1974
|Replace=
Lincolnshire
|Image=
image:EnglandLincolnshireLindsey1965.png
}}
'''Lindsey''' was a unit of local government until 1974 in
Lincolnshire,
England, covering the northern part of the county. The
Isle of Axholme, which is on the other side of the
River Trent, has normally formed part of it. It originated with the
Kingdom of Lindsey in Anglo-Saxon times, whose territories were merged with that of Stamford to form Lincolnshire.
Local government
Image:Lincs Lind arms.png thumb|Arms of the former Lindsey County Council.
When, about a thousand years ago, the English
County shires were established, it became part of Lincolnshire. It and each of
Kesteven and
Holland, Lincolnshire Holland, acquired the formal designation of Parts. Thus it became the 'Parts of Lindsey'.
Lindsey was itself divided into three
ridings, the North, West and South Ridings, and then into
wapentakes. The
West Riding of Lindsey West Riding covered the western part, including
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Gainsborough,
Scunthorpe and
Spital, Lincolnshire Spital. The
North Riding of Lindsey North Riding covered the north-east, including
Barton upon Humber,
Caistor,
Cleethorpes,
Glanford Brigg,
Grimsby, and
Market Rasen. The
South Riding of Lindsey South Riding covered the rest, in the south-east, including
Louth, Lincolnshire Louth,
Mablethorpe and
Skegness. The point at which the Ridings touched was somewhere near
Lissington. [http://www.roffe.freeserve.co.uk/lindsey.htm]
Lindsey, like the other parts of Lincolnshire had long had a separate county administration (
Quarter Sessions). In 1889, this division was followed in the establishment of the
administrative counties of England administrative county of Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey, which had an elected
county council.
Lincoln, Lincolnshire Lincoln and
Grimsby were independent
county boroughs.
Within the rest of Lindsey there were various
urban districts and
rural districts, established by the
Local Government Act 1894. The rural districts were
Caistor Rural District Caistor,
Gainsborough Rural District Gainsborough,
Glanford Brigg Rural District Glanford Brigg,
Grimsby Rural District Grimsby,
Horncastle Rural District Horncastle,
Isle of Axholme Rural District Isle of Axholme,
Louth Rural District Louth,
Spilsby Rural District Spilsby,
Welton Rural District Welton. A rural district of
Sibsey Rural District Sibsey also existed until 1936, when it was merged into Spilsby.
The Humberside phase
The Parts of Lindsey lasted until
April 1 1974 when, as a result of the
Local Government Act 1972, the northern zone (not the North Riding) of Lindsey was placed in the newly-formed
non-metropolitan county of
Humberside while a new Lincolnshire authority took over the remainder.
Image:HumbersideGlanford.png right|
The original Lindsey was divided into six
non-metropolitan districts, as follows
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!District !! Area
|-
|
East Lindsey (Lincolnshire)
|Rural districts of
Horncastle Rural District Horncastle,
Louth Rural District Louth and
Spilsby Rural District Spilsby;
with Louth, Alford, Horncastle, Mablethorpe and Sutton, Skegness and Woodhall Spa.
|-
|
West Lindsey (Lincolnshire)
|Rural districts of
Caistor Rural District Caistor,
Gainsborough Rural District Gainsborough,
Welton Rural District Welton;
with Gainsborough and Market Rasen
|-
|
Cleethorpes (borough) Cleethorpes (Humberside)
|Rural district of
Grimsby Rural District Grimsby; with Cleethorpes
|-
|
Glanford (Humberside)
|Rural district of
Glanford Brigg Rural District Glanford Brigg; with Barton and Brigg
|-
|
Scunthorpe (Humberside)
|Scunthorpe
|-
|
Boothferry (district) Boothferry (Humberside)
|
Isle of Axholme Rural District; areas bits from Yorkshire
|}
The map to the right, shows the districts of the now-defunct Humberside. The highlighted one is Glanford. To its east is Cleethorpes which surrounds Great Grimsby. To Glanford's west is Boothferry and the
enclave within Glanford is Scunthorpe.
Present authorities
In
1996 these Humberside districts were re-grouped into
Unitary authority unitary authorities. In other words, the new units perform the duties of both county and administrative district.
*One is
North Lincolnshire (centred on
Scunthorpe). This is the former districts of Glanford and Scunthorpe, as well as the Isle of Axholme which had become the southern part of Boothferry.
*The second is
North East Lincolnshire comprising the former districts of
Great Grimsby (borough) Great Grimsby and
Cleethorpes (borough) Cleethorpes.
The two unitary authorities represent the most urbanized part of traditional Lincolnshire.
List of places
*
Alford, Lincolnshire Alford
*
Brigg
*
Burgh le Marsh
*
Caistor
*
Cleethorpes
*
Epworth
*
Gainsborough, England Gainsborough
*
Grimsby
*
Haxey Hood Haxey
*
Horncastle
*
Immingham
*
Isle of Axholme
*
Lincoln, England Lincoln
*
Louth, Lincolnshire Louth
*
Mablethorpe
*
Market Rasen
*
Scunthorpe
*
Skegness
*
Spilsby
*
Wainfleet, Lincolnshire Wainfleet
*
Willoughby, Lincolnshire Willoughby
*
Winterton, Lincolnshire Winterton
See also
*Vince, A. ed. ''Pre-Viking Lindsey'' (1993) ISBN 0-9514987-7-0
Category:Lincolnshire
Category:Former administrative counties
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