Editing Lincolnshire (section)

===Local government history===
The [[Local Government Act 1888]] established [[county council]]s for each of the parts of Lincolnshire – Lindsey, Holland and Kesteven – and came into effect on 1 April 1889. Lincoln was made an independent [[county borough]] on the same date, with [[Grimsby]] following in 1891.<ref>{{Cite news |title=At Grimsby: The County Borough Celebrations |newspaper=[[Hull Daily Mail]] |date=8 April 1891 |page=4 |quote="From now until the end of the week Grimsby will be ''en fête'', celebrating its constitution as a county borough."}}</ref>

The [[Local Government Act 1972]] abolished the three county councils and the two county boroughs, effective 1 April 1974. On this date, Grimsby and the northern part of Lindsey (including [[Scunthorpe]]) were amalgamated with most of the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]] and a part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] to form the new [[non-metropolitan county]] of [[Humberside]]. The rest of Lindsey, along with Holland, Kesteven and Lincoln, came under the governance of the new [[Lincolnshire County Council]].

A local government reform in 1996 abolished Humberside. The land south of the Humber Estuary was allocated to the [[unitary authorities]] of [[North Lincolnshire]] and [[North East Lincolnshire]] which became part of Lincolnshire for ceremonial purposes, such as the [[Lord-Lieutenant|Lord-Lieutenancy]], but are not covered by the Lincolnshire police; they are in the [[Yorkshire and the Humber]] region.
The remaining districts of Lincolnshire are [[Borough of Boston|Boston]], [[East Lindsey]], Lincoln, [[North Kesteven]], [[South Holland District|South Holland]], [[South Kesteven]], and [[West Lindsey]]. They are part of the [[East Midlands]] region.

[[North East Lincolnshire]] and [[North Lincolnshire]] are unitary authorities. They were districts of [[Humberside]] county from 1974.<ref>{{Cite Hansard |title=Local Government Reorganisation (Humberside) |url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199394/cmhansrd/1994-05-26/Debate-6.html |house=House of Commons |date=26 May 1994 |column_start=491 |column_end=498 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033630/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199394/cmhansrd/1994-05-26/Debate-6.html |archive-date=30 September 2007 |access-date=10 April 2022}}</ref> In 1996, Humberside was abolished along with its county council.<ref>{{Cite Hansard |title=Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995 |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199495/ldhansrd/vo950306/text/50306-08.htm |house=House of Lords |date=6 March 1995 |column_start=74 |column_end=79 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410221153/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199495/ldhansrd/vo950306/text/50306-08.htm |archive-date=10 April 2022 |access-date=13 January 2024}}</ref> Some services in those districts are shared with the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]] ceremonial county, rather than the rest of Lincolnshire including [[Humberside Police]], [[Humberside Airport]], [[Humberside Fire Service]], and [[BBC Radio Humberside]].