Ness Wapentake
Ness is a wapentake in the Parts of Kesteven, the south-west division of Lincolnshire, adjacent to the borders with Rutland and Northamptonshire. It had a population of 40,494 in 2011. It is bounded by Beltisloe to the north-west; by Aveland to the north; and by Elloe in Holland to the east. To the south lies the Soke of Peterborough in Northamptonshire; and to the west, Rutland.
It comprises the following ancient parishes:
- Barholm
- Baston
- Braceborough
- Carlby
- Deeping St James
- Deeping St Nicholas (ex. par.) (part)*
- Greatford
- Langtoft
- Market Deeping
- Stamford All Saints, St George, St John & St Michael
- Stowe
- Tallington
- Thurlby
- Uffington
- West Deeping
*: Mostly in Elloe wapentake, Holland.
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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 |