Kesteven
or .
The three parts were given separate elected
county councils in 1889 by the
Local Government Act 1888, and recognised as
administrative counties. 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 name survives in the districts of
North Kesteven and
South Kesteven. Kesteven lies in the south-west of Lincolnshire. It includes the towns of:
*
Bourne*
Bracebridge*
Grantham*
Market Deeping*
Ruskington*
Sleaford*
StamfordKesteven was historically divided into the
wapentakes of
Aswardhurn,
Aveland,
Beltisloe,
Boothby Graffoe,
Flaxwell,
Langoe,
Loveden,
Ness, and
Winnibriggs and
Threo. Grantham and Stamford were administered separately.
