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Parts of Holland

Coordinates:52°50′00″N0°02′00″W/ 52.8333°N 0.0333°W/52.8333; -0.0333
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Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland
Holland shown within Lincolnshire
Area
• 1901268,992 acres (1089 km²)
• 1961267,847 acres (1083 km²)
Population
• 190177,610
• 1971105,685
History
• Created1889
• Abolished1974
• Succeeded byLincolnshire
StatusAdministrative county
GovernmentHolland County Council
•HQCounty Hall, Boston
Arms of Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland County Council

TheParts of Hollandis a historical division ofLincolnshire,England, encompassing the southeast of the county.[1]The name is still recognised locally and survives in the district ofSouth Holland.

Administration

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Holland sign on display at theMuseum of Lincolnshire Lifewith the Latin mottoLabor Ipse Merces(Work is its own reward)

Parts of Holland was one of the three medieval divisions, called 'Parts', of Lincolnshire (the other two beingLindseyandKesteven) which had long had separate county administrations (quarter sessions). Under theLocal Government Act 1888it obtained acounty council,which it retained until 1974. At that point the three county councils were abolished and Lincolnshire (minus the northern part of Lindsey, which formed part ofHumberside) had a single county council for the first time.[2]

Before the changes of 1888, Holland had, since probably the 10th century, been divided into the threewapentakesofElloe,KirtonandSkirbeck.[3]

Under theLocal Government Act 1894,the administrative county of Holland was divided intorural districtsandurban districts,with themunicipal boroughofBostonremaining untouched. The rural districts wereBoston,Crowland,East ElloeandSpalding,whilstHolbeach,Long Sutton,SpaldingandSutton Bridgebecame urban districts.[4]

Geography

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"The Map of South Holland" fromThe History of Imbanking and DrayningbyWilliam Dugdale(1662)

The geographical extent of the formerHolland County Councilis the same as that of the combined modernlocal government districtsofBostonandSouth Holland.

Holland is all close to sea level, achieving a maximum altitude of about five metres (16 feet) on artificially raised river banks (levees). It therefore needed carefully managed drainage to maintain the very productivearablefarmland which covered almost its entire extent. Consequently, a significant part of its drainage for arable use had to await the introduction ofsteam pumping.Before the mid-19th century, it was a much morepastoralarea, used for fatteninglivestockbrought in from Scotland and northern England before it was driven to market in places like London. Many of the country roads are still calleddroves.

Towns and villages in Holland

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There is a resemblance in landscape between the Parts of Holland andHolland,the region in theNetherlands,although their meanings are different. Holland in England means "land of the hillspurs",although hill spurs are hardly obvious, while the Dutch Holland is derived from theOld Dutchtermholt-lant( "wooded land" ). Both Hollands have landscapes that are low lying and both are known fortulipgrowing.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Parts of Holland (former division, England, United Kingdom) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia".britannica.2012.Retrieved5 April2012.
  2. ^de Mello Vianna, Fernando (1979).The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. p. 422.ISBN978-0395271704.
  3. ^Lewis, Samuel (1848)."Skidbrook - Skutterskelfe | A Topographical Dictionary of England (pp. 115-118)".british-history.ac.uk.Retrieved5 April2012.
  4. ^Akerman, Portland B; Ford, Percy H (1894).Parish Councils: A Guide to the Local Government Act 1894.London:Routledge.
  5. ^Room, Adrian (1993).Dictionary of Place Names in the British Isles.Bloomsbury. p. 174.ISBN0-7475-1511-5.
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