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South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. Its council is based in Grantham . The district also includes the towns of Bourne , Market Deeping and Stamford , along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas.
Grantham (/ ˈ ɡ r æ n θ əm /) is a market town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies 23 miles (37 km) south of Lincoln and 22 miles (35 km) east of Nottingham. The population in 2016 was put at 44,580. [1]
Belton is a village in the civil parish of Belton and Manthorpe, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A607 road, and 3 miles (5 km) north from the market town of Grantham. In 1921 the parish had a population of 145. [1]
The Parts of Kesteven (/ ˈ k ɛ s t ə v ən / or / k ə ˈ s t iː v ən /) 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 .
Bourne is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.It lies on the eastern slopes of the limestone Kesteven Uplands and the western edge of the Fens, [2] 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Stamford, 12 miles (19 km) west of Spalding and 17 miles (27 km) north of Peterborough.
Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 [ 3 ] and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. [ 4 ] The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed buildings and five medieval parish churches. [ 5 ]
The village cross is mentioned, as is a "copious" chalybeate spring called 'Saltwell' at the south. The ecclesiastical parish of Holy Trinity Church in West Allington was a rectory in the gift of the Lord Chancellor ; the incumbent , in lieu of tithes , received 220 acres (0.89 km 2 ) of glebe – an area of land used to support a parish priest ...
The combined parish is one of the largest in area in South Kesteven, stretching along the B6403 (High Dike – Ermine Street) from the A1 to the East Coast Main Line bridge. [ citation needed ] There was a railway joining the East Central main line at the B6403 road bridge and following the east side of the B6403 to Woolsthorpe.