1889 Kesteven County Council election

Election in England

The administrative county of Kesteven (1889–1974), shown within England.

The first elections to Kesteven County Council were held on Thursday, 17 January 1889. Kesteven was one of three divisions of the historic county of Lincolnshire in England; it consisted of the ancient wapentakes (or hundreds) of Aswardhurn, Aveland, Beltisloe, Boothby Graffoe, Flaxwell, Langoe, Loveden, Ness, and Winnibriggs and Threo.[1] The Local Government Act 1888 established Kesteven as an administrative county, governed by a Council;[2] elections were held every three years from 1889, until it was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, which established Lincolnshire County Council in its place.[3][4]

The forty-six electoral divisions of the new Council were outlined in December 1888. All but two returned one candidate: Sleaford and Quarrington and Bourne and Morton returned two each. The town of Grantham was represented across seven divisions, while Stamford had four.[5] Twenty-one candidates (including both for Sleaford) were returned unopposed. The remainder were informed of the result on the day after polling. Votes were counted in one of the court rooms in Lincoln; the Sheriff of Lincolnshire, A. S. Leslie-Melville, was the presiding officer, while R. A. Stephens was his deputy for Kesteven.[6]

## Results by division

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### Ancaster

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Ancaster[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | William Avery  | 180  |  |
|  | Henry Smith BA  | 128  |  |
|  | Edmund Lucas-Calcraft JP  | 35  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Barrowby

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Barrowby[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Sir W. E. Welby-Gregory Bt JP  | NA  | NA  |

### Bassingham

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Bassingham[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | The Viscount St Vincent JP  | 218  |  |
|  | William Brocklebank  | 168  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Bennington

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Bennington[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | William Hutchinson  | 258  |  |
|  | John Earle Welby JP  | 206  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Billingborough

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Billingborough[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Captain Henry Smith JP  | 207  |  |
|  | Edward John Grummitt  | 246  |  |

### Billinghay

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Billinghay[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | J. D. Bowling  | NA  | NA  |

### Bourne and Morton

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Bourne and Morton[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | William Robert Wherry  | 578  |  |
|  | John Derry  | 527  |  |
|  | Christopher Gilbert Peacock JP  | 309  |  |
|  | Thomas Lawrence  | 204  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

* = Two seats

### Bracebridge

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Bracebridge[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | W. J. Warrener  | NA  | NA  |

### Branston

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Branston[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | E. J. Howard  | NA  | NA  |

### Bytham

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Bytham[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Augustus Charles Johnson JP  | 180  |  |
|  | William Hayes  | 160  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Caythorpe

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Caythorpe[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Colonel F. Fane JP  | NA  | NA  |

### Claypole

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Claypole[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | George Nevile JP  | NA  | NA  |

### Colsterworth

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Colsterworth[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Eli Crabtree  | 250  |  |
|  | Robert Heathcote JP  | 139  |  |

### Corby

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Corby[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | The Lord Willoughby de Eresby JP  | NA  | NA  |

### Deeping

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Deeping[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | W. Holland JP  | NA  | NA  |

### Gonerby

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Gonerby[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Thomas Newton  | 205  |  |
|  | Thomas Pask  | 188  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Grantham no. 1

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Grantham no. 1[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | John Bailey  | 212  |  |
|  | John Basker  | 102  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Grantham no. 2

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Grantham no. 2[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | G. S. Hannett  | NA  | NA  |

### Grantham no. 3

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Grantham no. 3[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | A. Hutchinson  | NA  | NA  |

### Grantham no. 4

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Grantham no. 4[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Edward Staveley Harding  | 294  |  |
|  | William Fillingham  | 86  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Grantham no. 5

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Grantham no. 5[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | W. L. Wand  | NA  | NA  |

### Grantham no. 6

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Grantham no. 6[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | J. W. Martin  | NA  | NA  |

### Grantham no. 7

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Grantham no. 7[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | W. B. Harrison  | NA  | NA  |

### Heckington

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Heckington[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | James Hubbard  | 204  |  |
|  | Bruce Tomlinson  | 148  |  |
|  | Samuel Lamb  | 21  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Heighington

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Heighington[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | C. C. Sibthorpe  | NA  | NA  |

### Helpringham

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Helpringham[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Edward Clarkson Rowe  | 198  |  |
|  | George Ranyard Lee  | 185  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Kyme

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Kyme[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | The Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham JP  | NA  | NA  |

### Martin

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Martin[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | John Hague Copping  | 264  |  |
|  | William Bilton Harris  | 91  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Metheringham

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Metheringham[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | William Shearburn Fox  | 194  |  |
|  | William Dundas Gilpim-Brown  | 187  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Navenby

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Navenby[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Major Arthur Cecil Tempest JP  | 180  |  |
|  | Charles Edward Marfleet  | 143  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Osbournby

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Osbournby[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Thomas Arthur Robert Heathcote JP  | 220  |  |
|  | Seth Ellis Dean Jr  | 166  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Ponton

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Ponton[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Sir H. A. H. Cholmeley Bt JP | NA  | NA  |

### Rippingale

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Rippingale[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | William Bacon  | 227  |  |
|  | Rev. William Wright Layng  | 94  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Ropsley

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Ropsley[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Captain Cecil Thorold JP  | 216  |  |
|  | William Jackson  | 168  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Ruskington

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Ruskington[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Captain Neville Henry Reeve JP  | 255  |  |
|  | Samuel Pattinson | 183  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Skellingthorpe

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Skillingthorpe[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | G. E. Jarvis JP  | NA  | NA  |

### Sleaford and Quarrington

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Sleaford and Quarrington*[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | G. H. W. Hervey JP  | NA  | NA  |
|  | Charles Sharpe  | NA  | NA  |

* = Two seats

### Stamford (All Saints)

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Stamford (Stamford All Saints)[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Charles Chapman  | 271  |  |
|  | Herbert Hart  | 255  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Stamford (St George's)

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Stamford (St George's)[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | John Seaton Loweth  | 192  |  |
|  | Valentine Stapleton  | 155  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Stamford (St Michael's and St John's)

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Stamford (St Michael's and St John's)[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Orlando Edmonds  | 132  |  |
|  | Henry Knott JP  | 117  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Stamford (St Martin's and St Mary's)

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Stamford (St Martin's and St Mary's)[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Charles Handson  | 144  |  |
|  | William Jonathan Bettle  | 62  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Thurlby

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Thurlby[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Robert Peasgood  | 203  |  |
|  | Charles Whattof  | 177  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Uffington

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Uffington[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | The Lord Kesteven JP  | 283  |  |
|  | William Cross  | 62  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Waddington

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Waddington[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | R. G. Ellison JP  | NA  | NA  |

### Wellingore

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Wellingore[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Richard Newcombe Morley  | 192  |  |
|  | Richard Blankley Burrows  | 155  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Wilsford

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Wilsford[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Colonel M. Willson JP  | NA  | NA  |

## By-elections in February 1889

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The Council held its first meeting on 31 January, where it elected a Chairman and sixteen aldermen.[6] If a councillor were elected an alderman, he had to forfeit his seat. Eleven members of the Council were elected to the aldermanic bench, which meant that their seats became vacant, triggering by-elections. Colonel Willson, who had been returned for Wilsford at the first round of elections, was disqualified because he held a paid commission in the armed forces; this triggered a by-election. All twelve were held on 18 February; four candidates stood unopposed.[7]

### Grantham no. 2

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Grantham no. 2[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | William Scoffield  | 198  |  |
| Conservative | Alfred Childs  | 184  |  |
Turnout | 382  |  |

### Barrowby

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Barrowby[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Welborn  | 245  |  |
| Liberal | Henry Bowman  | 168  |  |
Turnout | 413  |  |

### Ponton

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Ponton[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | R. C. Newton  | 267  |  |
|  | Robert Wyles  | 102  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Corby

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Corby[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Dr J. E. Collingwood  | 205  |  |
|  | F. Searson  | 128  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Sleaford

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Sleaford[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | A. L. Jessop  | 510  |  |
|  | G. R. Lee  | 289  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Wilsford

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Wilsford[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | G. H. Peake  | 209  |  |
|  | F. Ward  | 193  |  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Bourne

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Bourne[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | James Measures  | 442  |  |
| Liberal | John Cappitt  | 410  |  |
Turnout | 852  |  |

### Helpringham

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Helpringham[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Joseph Senior Barber  | 197  |  |
| Liberal | Charles Edward Harris  | 147  |  |
|  | Charles Hardstaffe Read  | 37  |  |
Turnout | 381  |  |

### Billingborough

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Billingborough[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | E. J. Grummitt  | NA  | NA  |

### Branston

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Branston[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | William Roberts  | NA  | NA  |

### Billinghay

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Billinghay[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | J. Creasey  | NA  | NA  |

### Wellingore

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Wellingore[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|  | Colonel Reave  | NA  | NA  |

## References

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1. ^ "Kesteven, Lincolnshire", A Vision of Britain (University of Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 April 2015.
2. ^ Local Government Act 1888, part ii, section 46.1(a), cf. part v, section 83.10
3. ^ Local Government Act 1888, part i, section 2, and part vi, section 103
4. ^ Local Government Act 1972, schedule 1
5. ^ "Kesteven County Council". Grantham Journal. 8 December 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av "Kesteven County Council: Result of the Poll". Grantham Journal. 19 January 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 26 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Kesteven County Council: the recent elections". Grantham Journal. 23 February 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 26 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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