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Holland, Lincolnshire
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The Parts of Holland was an area in south-east Lincolnshire, England. It 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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