Kesteven

British

/ kɛˈstiːvən, ˈkɛstɪvən /

noun

an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire

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But North Kesteven District Council's electoral registration officer found that Dame Andrea was using her Lincolnshire home as her primary residence.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

About 100 properties have been flooded in Lincolnshire, where warnings are in place countywide from Brigg in North Lincolnshire to Market Deeping in South Kesteven.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

She was later elevated to the peerage as Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire, in 1995.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2020

Jo Tunnicliffe, head teacher at North Kesteven Academy, the school attended by the girl, said: "Our thoughts today are with the student's family and all her friends and teachers."

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2019

Then at Prince Alfred's request Egbert again related in full the details of the two days' desperate struggle at Kesteven, giving the most minute particulars of the Danes' method of fighting.

From The Dragon and the Raven by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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