Kirton Wapentake

Kirton Wapentake, shown within Holland, Lincolnshire

Kirton is a wapentake in the Parts of Holland, the south-east 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
• Drainage Marsh (ex. par.)
• 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.