West Kesteven was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven, England from 1931 to 1974.
It was formed under a County Review Order, by the merger of most of the Grantham Rural District, part of the Sleaford Rural District and much of the Claypole Rural District.
It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, being merged into the new South Kesteven.
Famous quotes containing the words west, rural and/or district:
“The west was getting out of gold,
The breath of air had died of cold....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“No, in your rural letter box
I leave this note without a stamp
To tell you it was just a tramp
Who used your pasture for a camp.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)