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Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland
Holland shown within England
Administration
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Arms of Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland County Council
Status:Administrative county
HQ:County Hall, Boston
History
Created:1889
Abolished:1974
Succeeded by:Lincolnshire
Area
1901:268,992 acres (1089 km²)
1961:267,847 acres (1083 km²)
Population
1901:77,610
1971:105,685
Holland is an area of south-east Lincolnshire, England. The name is still recognised locally, but does not currently represent an administrative area.

Administration

The Parts of Holland was one of the three medieval subdivisions or 'parts' of Lincolnshire (the other two were Lindsey and Kesteven) which had long had separate county administrations (Quarter Sessions). Under the Local Government Act 1888 it obtained a county council, which it retained until 1974. At that point the three county councils were abolished and Lincolnshire (minus the northern part of Lindsey) had a single county council for the first time.

Before the changes of 1888, Holland had, since probably the tenth century, been divided into three wapentakes of Elloe, Kirton and Skirbeck.

Under the Local Government Act 1894 it was divided into rural districts, urban districts, with the municipal borough of Boston remaining untouched. The rural districts were Boston, Crowland, East Elloe and Spalding, whilst Holbeach, Long Sutton, Spalding and Sutton Bridge became urban districts. In 1932, the Crowland (which consisted of the single parish of Crowland) RD was abolished and added to Spalding RD, and all urban districts apart from Spalding were abolished and added to East Elloe RD.

Geography

The extent of the parts of Holland (the pre-1974 county) was the same as that of the combined modern local government districts of Boston and South Holland.

Holland was all close to sea level, achieving a maximum altitude of about five metres on artificially raised river banks (levees). It therefore needed carefully managed drainage to maintain the very productive arable farmland which covered almost its entire extent. Consequently, a significant part of its drainage for arable use had to await the introduction of steam pumping. Before the mid nineteenth century, it was a much more pastoral area, used for fattening stock brought in from Scotland and northern England before it was driven to market in places like London. Many of the country roads are still called droves.

Towns in Holland

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An administrative county was an administrative area in the United Kingdom and Ireland used for the purposes of local government.

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Boston

Boston, Lincolnshire ()
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Lincolnshire

Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region East Midlands
(North Lincolnshire and
North East Lincolnshire are in
Yorkshire and the Humber)
Area
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Lincolnshire

Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region East Midlands
(North Lincolnshire and
North East Lincolnshire are in
Yorkshire and the Humber)
Area
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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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.
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Parts of Kesteven is a traditional subdivision of Lincolnshire, England. This subdivision had long had a separate county administration (Quarter Sessions), along with the other two parts Lindsey and Holland).
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The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were periodic courts held in each county and county borough in England and Wales until 1972, when together with the Assize courts they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court of
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Acts of English Parliament to 1641
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Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV
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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000.

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The tenth century is usually regarded as a low point in European history. In China it was also a period of political upheaval.
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Elloe could be the name of various regions of Lincolnshire, all related
  • Elloe (wapentake)
  • Elloe Rural District
  • Elloes petty sessional division

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Skirbeck Wapentake was an administrative unit in the Parts of Holland Lincolnshire, England from the early eleventh century at the latest, until the wapentakes were abolished by the Local Government Act of 1888.
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Acts of English Parliament to 1601
Acts of English Parliament to 1641
Acts and Ordinances (Interregnum) to 1660
Acts of English Parliament to 1699
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.
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In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area.
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Municipal boroughs were a type of local authority which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974.

The municipal boroughs were created by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 and allowed the creation of an elected town council, consisting of a mayor, aldermen and
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Boston

Boston, Lincolnshire ()
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Boston was a rural district in Holland, Lincolnshire from 1894 to 1974.

It was formed from the Boston rural sanitary district by the Local Government Act 1894. It did not include the municipal borough of Boston.
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East Elloe was a rural district in Holland in Lincolnshire from 1894 to 1974.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Holbeach rural sanitary district, and named after the historic Elloe hundred of Lincolnshire.
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Spalding was a rural district in Holland in Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1974.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Spalding rural sanitary district. Spalding itself constituted a separate urban district.
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Holbeach

Holbeach ()
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Long Sutton is located in South Holland, Lincolnshire. Long Sutton is a pretty market town on the eastern fringes of the county. It is now bypassed by the busy A17. It lies close to the Wash and the landscape is flat. It has a population of around five thousand.
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Sutton Bridge is a location in south-eastern Lincolnshire, England on the west bank of the River Nene and close to the border with Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.

The early 19th century village consisted of a few farmhouses and cottages straggled along the track which passed for
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Crowland

Crowland ()
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Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. They are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (Shire counties).

Some unitary authorities are technically non-metropolitan districts.
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Boston is a local government district with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Boston. It lies around N53°0'0" W0°0'0".
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South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire. The district council is based in Spalding.

It was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Spalding urban district with East Elloe Rural District and Spalding Rural
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levee, levée (from the feminine past participle of the French verb lever, "to raise"), floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial slope or wall, usually earthen and often parallels the course of a river.
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