24-643: Threekingham (sometimes Threckingham or Tricengham ) is a village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire , England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 233. It is situated on the A52 Grantham to Boston road, 6 miles (10 km) south from Sleaford , and close to the A15 Threekingham Bar roundabout. Mareham Lane , the Roman Road aligned with King Street , crosses
48-731: A moated manor house are in Hall Lane. There is a Whalebone Arch marking the entrance to Laundon Hall. North Kesteven North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire , England. The council is based in Sleaford . The district also contains the town of North Hykeham , which adjoins the neighbouring city of Lincoln , along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The neighbouring districts are Lincoln , West Lindsey , East Lindsey , Boston , South Holland , South Kesteven and Newark and Sherwood . The district
72-461: A name that meant "meeting place at [the place called] Coed". Historically, Lincolnshire was divided into wapentakes , hundreds and sokes . The following made up Kesteven: The three parts were given separate elected county councils in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888 , and recognised as administrative counties . Kesteven lies in the south-west of Lincolnshire. It includes
96-642: A row of houses called Lafford Terrace. It was purchased in 1925 by Kesteven County Council and converted to become its headquarters. When local government was reorganised in 1974, it was originally planned to have North Kesteven's offices in Bracebridge Hall on Newark Road in Lincoln, then the base of North Kesteven Rural District Council. In November 1973, a decision was taken to base it in The Hoplands in Sleaford,
120-515: 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 . The name Kesteven is first attested in the late tenth century Latin translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Æthelweard , in the form Ceoftefne (agreed by scholars to be a scribal error for Ceostefne ). The name appears in
144-447: Is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Conservative majority control since the 2023 election . The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of
168-479: Is characterised by small settlements and large areas of arable farmland. More than 80% of the population live in rural settlements or a market town. The two towns are Sleaford and North Hykeham, and the larger villages include Cranwell , Metheringham , Navenby , Ruskington and Waddington . The district has two main RAF stations - RAF Cranwell (near Sleaford), and RAF Waddington (near Lincoln), both situated close to
192-516: Is reflected in research, which has shown 90% of residents are satisfied with their local area as a place to live and 82% of residents feel their area is a place where people from different backgrounds can get on well together. North Kesteven is mostly rural in character but there are urban areas around the towns of North Hykeham and Sleaford. Sleaford forms an urban area with the nearby villages of Greylees, Holdingham, Leasingham and Quarrington, North Hykeham and Waddington form part of an urban area with
216-600: The A15 , the main north–south road running through North Kesteven. The district is also home to RAF Digby , which lies between Sleaford and Metheringham . The former RAF Swinderby , which can be found adjacent to the A46 near the western edge of the district, closed in 1995. The predominantly rural nature of the district has encouraged people to move to the area to take advantage of its quality of life, low crime rates, relatively low house prices, good-quality education and local heritage. This
240-705: The Belmont transmitter. Radio stations for the area are BBC Radio Lincolnshire , Lincs FM , and Greatest Hits Radio Lincolnshire . Lincolnshire Echo is the local newspaper. The entire district is divided into civil parishes . The parish councils for Sleaford and North Hykeham take the style "town council". Some of the smaller parishes share grouped parish councils or have parish meetings instead of parish councils. 53°09′N 0°30′W / 53.15°N 0.50°W / 53.15; -0.50 Kesteven The Parts of Kesteven ( / ˈ k ɛ s t ə v ən / or / k ə ˈ s t iː v ən / ) are
264-633: The Domesday Book of 1086 as Chetsteven and from 1185 as Ketsteuene . The first part of the name comes from the Common Brittonic word * ceto- (" woodland "), still found in Modern Welsh as coed . The second element is the Old Norse word stefna ("meeting place"). Thus the name a place named by Brittonic-speakers as "Woodland" came to be included by Old Norse speakers coining
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#1732876675910288-621: The Foss Dyke and the River Witham ) and the city of Lincoln to the north, East Lindsey to the north-east (along the River Witham), Boston (borough) to the east, South Holland to the south-east, South Kesteven to the south, and the county of Nottinghamshire to the west. North Kesteven covers an area of 356 square miles (920 km ), of which 94% is classified as green space, which includes agricultural land and open space. The district
312-467: The A15 at Threekingham. The name of the town means "home of Tric's people." Tric is a Brittonic personal name, though it is unclear whether Tric himself was a Briton or whether he was descended from Anglo-Saxon migrants but given a name borrowed from Celtic speakers who possibly lived nearby. Either way, Threekingham itself is a Germanic name, given by speakers of Old English. A folk etymology that developed in
336-457: The Parts of Lindsey. The rural districts were re-organised by a County Review Order in 1929, to create four new districts named after points of the compass: These separate county councils were abolished in 1974 and Lincolnshire (minus the northern part of Lindsey) had a single county council for the first time, although the names of the Parts survive in some of the names of district councils. Under
360-514: The area include Kesteven and Sleaford High School and Branston Community College . The district part funds The National Centre for Craft & Design , in the Hub building in Sleaford. Adjacent to it are annex buildings of Grantham College , funded by the East Midlands LSC . In terms of television, East Lindsey is served by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire broadcasting from
384-546: The base of East Kesteven Rural District Council. In January 1974 it was realised that this building was too small for the size needed, and the 81 rooms of Kesteven County Council's headquarters in Sleaford would suit the new council instead. The Hoplands was subsequently demolished for housing. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 43 councillors representing 24 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. North Kesteven borders West Lindsey (along
408-560: The city of Lincoln. Within the district, 40% of the population live in the "Lincoln Fringe", the area immediately surrounding Lincoln City. 72 parishes serve the district communities, comprising 58 parish councils, two town councils and 12 parish meetings. The population of the district was 107,766 at the 2011 census. The district has comprehensive schools in North Hykeham , Branston and Welbourn . The area around Sleaford (including Ruskington ) has selective schools. Other schools in
432-617: The council since 2001 have been: Following the 2023 election and a change of allegiance and by-election in December 2023 the composition of the council was: Four of the independent councillors sit together as the "Group of Unaligned Members", and the other two do not belong to any group. The next election is due in 2027. The council is based at the North Kesteven Council Offices at the corner of Kesteven Street and East Gate in Sleaford. The building had been built in 1856 as
456-530: The later Anglo-Saxon period derives the name from "home of the three kings," supposedly because three Danish kings were buried there; however, this is incorrect. Threekingham parish church is dedicated to St. Peter ad Vincula (St Peter in chains). The village public house is the Three Kings Inn. The Domesday Book of 1086 records two churches in Threekingham; St Peter and St Mary. The church of St Mary
480-436: The site, called "Ædeldreðestowe," was chosen because the saint's staff took root and sprouted leaves there. 'Stow' is well known to be a place name denoting a holy place, or a burial place. According to Eilert Ekwall , " Old English 'stow' is recorded in senses such as 'place', 'inhabited place', 'holy place, hermitage, monastery', probably 'church'." The Medieval Stow Fair was held nearby, less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to
504-454: The south. It is possible that it was the site of the early medieval nunnery founded in the late 7th century by Saint Werburh , dedicated to Saint Æthelthryth , and probably destroyed by the Danes c. 870. There are ancient earthworks and a mound called Threekingham Beacon to the west of the village. The post-medieval garden features overlie much older earthworks and tumuli . The remains of
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#1732876675910528-479: The towns of: Under the Local Government Act 1894 Kesteven was divided into a number of rural district and urban districts based on earlier sanitary districts : The urban districts and boroughs were: Bourne Urban District was abolished in 1920, with Bourne becoming a parish in Bourne Rural District. Bracebridge became part of the county borough of Lincoln that same year, becoming associated with
552-486: Was at Stow Green. Funerary remains have been found at Stow Green date back to the 11th and 12th centuries, and the church survived until the 18th century. It is possible that it was the site of an Early Medieval nunnery, founded in the late 7th century by St Werburgh and dedicated to St Ætheldreda . It was probably destroyed by the Danes c.870. Historian David Roffe describes St Ætheldreda 's connection with Stow Green, saying
576-553: Was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . It covered the area of three former districts from the administrative county of Kesteven , which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named North Kesteven referencing its position within Kesteven, one of the three historic parts of Lincolnshire . North Kesteven District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lincolnshire County Council . The whole district
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