West Riding of Lindsey

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The West Riding of Lindsey is a division of the Lindsey part of Lincolnshire. It consists of the north-western part of the county, and includes the Isle of Axholme (which forms the western division of Manley Wapentake) and the following hundreds:

  • Aslacoe Hundred
  • Corringham Hundred
  • Manley Wapentake (Eastern, Northern, and Western divisions)
  • Lawress Wapentake
  • Well Wapentake

The administrative centre of the riding was Kirton-in-Lindsey. It is the most populous of the ridings, with a population of 242,172 as of the 2011 census. It covers an area of 461 square miles.

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