Kirton Wapentake
Kirton is a wapentake in the Parts of Holland, the south-west division of Lincolnshire. It had a population of 43,731 in 2011. It is bounded by Elloe Wapentake to the south; by Skirbeck Wapentake to the north-east; by Horncastle Soke in Lindsey to the north-east; and by Aswardhurn and Aveland in Kesteven to the west.
It comprises the following ancient parishes:
- Algakirk
- Bicker
- Boston (part)*
- Copping Syke (ex. par.)
- Donington
- Ferry Corner Plot (ex. par.)
- Fosdyke
- Frampton
- Gibbet Hills (ex. par.)
- Gosberton
- Great Beats (ex. par.)
- Great Brand End Plot (ex. par.)
- Hart's Grounds (ex. par.)
- Kirton-in-Holland
- Little Beats (ex. par.)
- Mown Rakes (ex. par.)
- Pelham's Lands (ex. par.)
- Quadring
- Royalty Farm (ex. par.)
- Seven Acres (ex. par.)
- Shuff Fen (ex. par.)
- Skirbeck (part)*
- South of the Witham (ex. par.)
- Surfleet
- Sutterton
- Swineshead
- The Friths (ex. par.)
- Wigtoft
- Wyberton
*: East of the Witham in Skirbeck wapentake.
| Wapentakes of Lincolnshire |
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Holland: Elloe • Kirton • Skirbeck • Kesteven: Aswardhurn • Aveland • Beltisloe • Boothby Graffoe • Flaxwell • Grantham Soke • Langoe • Loveden • Ness • Winnibriggs and Threo • Lindsey: West Riding: Aslacoe • Corringham • Manley • Lawress • Well • North Riding: Bradley Haverstoe • Ludborough • Walshcroft • Yarborough • South Riding: Bolingbroke • Calceworth • Candleshoe • Gartree • Hill • Horncastle • Louth Eske • Wraggoe |