For the prehistoric arthropod, see Claypole (eurypterid)

Claypole was a rural district

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, Parts of Kesteven

Kesteven

The Parts of Kesteven are a traditional subdivision of Lincolnshire, England. This subdivision had long had a separate county administration , along with the other two parts, Lindsey and Holland.-Etymology:...

 from 1894 to 1931. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894

Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...

 from that part of the Newark-on-Trent

Newark-on-Trent

Newark-on-Trent is a market town in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands region of England. It stands on the River Trent, the A1 , and the East Coast Main Line railway. The origins of the town are possibly Roman as it lies on an important Roman road, the Fosse Way...

 rural sanitary district which was in Kesteven (the rest going to form the Newark Rural District

Newark Rural District

Newark was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974.It was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 from the Newark rural sanitary district...

 in Nottinghamshire).

It was abolished in 1931 under a County Review Order

Local Government Act 1929

The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales....

, being split between the new rural districts of North Kesteven

North Kesteven Rural District

North Kesteven was a rural district in Kesteven, Lincolnshire from 1931 to 1974.It was created in 1931 under a County Review Order, and was formed from the Branston Rural District, part of the Claypole Rural District and part of the Sleaford Rural District....

 and West Kesteven

West Kesteven Rural District

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...

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