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The complete details of this Wikipedia article have now been archived leaving the following short note:
Boston Rural was a rural district in Holland, Lincolnshire from 1894 to 1974. It was formed from the Boston rural sanitary district by the Local Government Act 1894 and did not include the municipal borough of Boston. The part of Boston RSD which was in Lindsey formed the Sibsey Rural District. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, it was merged with Boston in a new borough of Boston.
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Boston Rural 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
NOTE: Parishes with names in italics have been redirected to the parish with which they were merged in 1906 or 1934.
| Parish | Description | Duration | Notes
| | Algarkirk | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Amber Hill | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Benington | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Bicker | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Brothertoft | parish | 1894 - 1974 | Known as Holland Fen with Brothertoft since 1974
| | Butterwick | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Copping Syke | extraparochial, parish | 1894 - 1935 | to Wildmore parish in Horncastle Rural District
| | Drainage Marsh | extraparochial, parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement surrounded by Wigtoft parish
| | Ferry Corner | extraparochial, parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| | Fishtoft | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Fosdyke | chapelry, parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Frampton | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Freiston in Holland | parish (ancient), civil parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Great Beats | extraparochial, parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement, merged with Copping Syke in 1906
| | Hall Hills | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement, absorbed into town of Boston in 1906
| | Harts Grounds | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1974 | absorbed into Dogdyke in 1935 or North Forty Foot Bank before 1906
| | Kirton | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Leverton | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Little Beats | extraparochial, parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement, merged with Copping Syke in 1906
| | North Forty Foot Bank | former parish | 1894 - 1906 | merged with Brothertoft in 1906
| | Old Leake | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Pelham's Lands | extraparochial, former parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Pepper Gowt Plot | extraparochial, former parish | 1894 - 1906 |
| | Seven Acres | extraparochial, parish | 1894 - 1906 | merged with Copping Syke in 1906
| | Shuff Fen | extraparochial, former parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| | Simon Weir | extraparochial, former parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| | Skirbeck | parish | 1894 - 1932 | split between Boston and Fishtoft 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 | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Swineshead | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | The Friths | extraparochial, civil parish | 1894 - 1906 | fenland settlement
| | Wigtoft | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Wrangle | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
| | Wyberton | parish | 1894 - 1974 |
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Research Tips for the Boston, Lincolnshire, Area
From 1889 until 1974 Lincolnshire was divided into three administrative counties: Parts of Holland (in the southeast), Parts of Kesteven and Parts of Lindsey (further north and/or west). These formal names do not fit with modern grammatical usage, but that is what they were named, nonetheless.
The southern part of Lincolnshire, particularly the Parts of Holland, is very low-lying and land had to be drained for agriculture to be successful. These areas are named "The Fens".
Fenland is a feature of the Boston Rural District and Horncastle Rural District areas. Fenlands tended to be extraparochial until the mid 1850s, but were then identified with names and given the title "civil parish". Many were abolished in 1906, and became parts of larger neighbouring parishes. As a result, Wikipedia no longer provides articles on some of these small low-populated areas.
Sources
- OS New Popular One-Inch Map, Sheet 114, provided online by A Vision of Britain, is an early 20th century map covering the east part of Lincolnshire from Boston to Skegness. It does not list all the fen settlements, but does list all the towns and hamlets. Degrees of longitude and latitude are given along its sides. The map magnifies to a very high scale.
- Normally, A Vision of Britain would also be suggested as a source for parish boundary maps for the area. Unfortunately, this website has made an error in its map indexing and the sub-heading "Boundary Maps" repeats the maps given under "Topographic Maps". It is not possible to view outlines of the parishes located in this area.
- The National Library of Scotland [1] [1] also provides a large number of maps for all the counties and districts of England as well as those of Scotland. Their map indices for England only cover modern placenames, but they do allow the user to view a parish in relation to its neighbours. These maps are very easy to read.
- FindMyPast, a pay website, now has a large collection of Lincolnshire baptisms, banns, marriages and burials now available to search by name, year, place and parent's names.
- GENUKI's page on Lincolnshire's Archive Service gives addresses, phone numbers, webpages for all archive offices, museums and libraries in Lincolnshire which may store old records and also presents a list entitled "Hints for the new researcher" which may include details of which you are not aware. These suggestions are becoming more and more outdated.
- GENUKI also has pages of information on individual parishes, particularly ecclesiastical parishes. The author may just come up with morsels of information not supplied in other internet-available sources.
- Deceased Online, a pay website, now has records for 11 cemeteries and two crematoria in Lincolnshire. This includes Grimsby's Scartho Road cemetery, Scartho Road crematorium, and Cleethorpes cemetery, council records for the City of Lincoln and Gainsborough, and church records from the UK's National Archives for St Michael's in Stamford, and St Mark's in Lincoln, dating back to 1707.
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