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|Name= Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey
|HQ= Newland, [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]]
|Government= Lindsey County Council
|Origin= [[Kingdom of Lindsey]]
|Status= [[Administrative county]]
|Start= 1889
|End= 1974
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'''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==
When 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 of Lincolnshire|Parts]]. Thus it became the 'Parts of Lindsey'.
Lindsey was itself divided into three [[Riding (division)|riding]]s, the North, West and South Ridings, and then into [[wapentake]]s. 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 | 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 borough]]s.
Within the rest of Lindsey there were various [[urban district]]s and [[rural district]]s, 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.
The original Lindsey was divided into six [[non-metropolitan district]]s, as follows
{| class="wikitable"
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|[[East Lindsey]] (Lincolnshire)
|Rural districts of [[Horncastle Rural District|Horncastle]], [[Louth Rural District|Louth]] and [[Spilsby Rural District|Spilsby]];<br>with Louth, Alford, Horncastle, Mablethorpe and Sutton, Skegness and Woodhall Spa.
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|[[West Lindsey]] (Lincolnshire)
|Rural districts of [[Caistor Rural District|Caistor]], [[Gainsborough Rural District|Gainsborough]], [[Welton Rural District|Welton]];<br>with Gainsborough and Market Rasen
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|[[Cleethorpes (borough)|Cleethorpes]] (Humberside)
|Rural district of [[Grimsby Rural District|Grimsby]]; with Cleethorpes
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|[[Glanford]] (Humberside)
|Rural district of [[Glanford Brigg Rural District|Glanford Brigg]]; with Barton and Brigg
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|[[Scunthorpe]] (Humberside)
|Scunthorpe
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|[[Boothferry (district)|Boothferry]] (Humberside)
|[[Isle of Axholme Rural District]]; areas bits from Yorkshire
|}
[[Image:HumbersideGlanford.png|right|]]
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 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, England|Epworth]]
*[[Gainsborough, England|Gainsborough]]
*[[Grimsby]]
*[[Haxey Hood|Haxey]]
*[[Horncastle, Lincolnshire|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]]
==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last=Vince|first=Alan (ed.)|title=Pre-Viking Lindsey|year=1993|publisher=City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit|location=Lincoln|id=ISBN 0-9514987-7-0}}
== See also ==
*[[South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Parts of Lindsey parliamentary constituency]]
[[Category:History of Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:Geography of Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:Local government in Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:Former administrative counties]]
[[de:Lindsey]]