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Little Hale is a hamlet and civil parish of around 60 houses located directly south of the larger villages of Great Hale and Heckington, 5 miles from the town of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Little Hale is located on the eastern western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens. Adjacent villages include Burton Pedwardine, Great Hale and Helpringham.
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Little Hale was originally a township in Great Hale ancient parish in the Kesteven part of Lincolnshire. It was made a separate civil parish in 1966.[1] When a township, it was in Aswardhurn wapentake, and was in Sleaford poor law union and rural sanitary districts.[2] From 1894 to 1931 it was in Sleaford Rural District, and from 1931 to 1974 it was in East Kesteven Rural District.[2] Since 1974 it has been in North Kesteven district.[3]
It was in the Southern Lincolnshire constituency for the United Kingdom parliament from 1832 to 1867, which changed its name to become the South Lincolnshire constituency in between 1867 and 1885, the North Kesteven constituency from 1885 to 1918, and from 1918 to 1997, it was in Grantham constituency.[4] Since 1997, it has been in the Grantham and Stamford constituency.
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[edit] Bibliography
- Youngs, F. A. (1991). Guide to the local administrative units of England. (Volume 1: Northern England). London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0861931270.
Coordinates: 52°58′N 0°18′W / 52.967, -0.3
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