West Riding of Lindsey

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The West Riding of Lindsey, within Lincolnshire

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:

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.

See also

Wapentakes of Lincolnshire

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