A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
KESTEVEN (PARTS OF), a division of Lincolnshire; bounded on the N and the NE by the Parts of Lindsey; on the S, by Northamptonshire; on the SW, by Rutlandshire; on the W, by Leicestershire and Notts. Its length, from N to S, is 41 miles; its greatest breadth is 24¾ miles; and its area is 462, 540 acres. It contains the wapentakes of Aswardhurn, Aveland, Beltisloe, Boothby-Graffo, Flaxwell, Langoe, Loveden, Ness, and Winnibriggs and Threo. Pop. in 1851, 95, 234; in 1861, 91, 757. Houses, 19, 068.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a division of Lincolnshire" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place names: | KESTEVEN | KESTEVEN PARTS OF | PARTS OF KESTEVEN |
| Place: | Kesteven |
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