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Boston was a rural district in the administrative county of Holland in 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. Rural Sanitary Districts could cover both sides of a county boundary; Rural Districts could not. Therefore the part of Boston Rural Sanitary District which was in the neighbouring administrative county of Lindsey formed the Sibsey Rural District.
In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 (under which Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey were no longer used), it was merged with the town of Boston in a new borough of Boston or Boston District in Lincolnshire.
Parishes
Parish | Description | Duration | Notes
| Algarkirk | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Amber Hill | civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Benington | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Bicker | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Brothertoft | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Butterwick | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Copping Syke | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1935 | to Wildmore parish in Horncastle Rural District
| Drainage Marsh | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement surrounded by Wigtoft parish
| Ferry Corner | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| Fishtoft | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Fosdyke | chapelry, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Frampton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Freiston | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Great Beats | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement, merged with Copping Syke in 1906
| Hall Hills | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| Harts Grounds | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | fenland settlement
| Kirton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Leverton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Little Beats | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement, merged with Copping Syke in 1906
| North Forty Foot Bank | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| Old Leake | civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Pelham's Lands | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | fenland settlement
| Pepper Gowt Plot | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| Shuff Fen | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| Simon Weir | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| Skirbeck | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1932 | absorbed into Boston in 1932
| Skirbeck Quarter | hamlet, civil parish | 1894 - 1932 | included in Skirbeck
| South of the Witham | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| Sutterton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Swineshead | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| the Friths | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| Wigtoft | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Wrangle | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| Wyberton | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
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