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Kesteven
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The Parts of Kesteven ( or ) are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England. This division had long had a separate county administration (quarter sessions), along with the two other Parts of Lincolnshire, Lindsey and Holland.
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- Etymology
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- Local Government Act 1888
- Local Government Act 1894
- Local Government Act 1929
- Local Government Act 1972
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The Parts of Kesteven ( or ) are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England. This division had long had a separate county administration (quarter sessions), along with the two other Parts of Lincolnshire, Lindsey and Holland.
==Etymology== The name Kesteven is first attested in the late tenth century Latin translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Æthelweard, in the form (agreed by scholars to be a scribal error for ). The name appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Chetsteven and from 1185 as . The first part of the name comes from the Common Brittonic word ' ("woodland"), still found in Modern Welsh as '. The second element is the Old Norse word ("meeting place"). The name, therefore, means "meeting place at Coed, i.e. the wood".
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