Sibsey 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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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, Parts of Lindsey

Lindsey

Lindsey was a unit of local government until 1974 in Lincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county. The Isle of Axholme, which is on the west side of the River Trent, has normally formed part of it...

 from 1894 to 1936. It was formed in 1894 from that part of the Boston

Boston, Lincolnshire

Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census...

 rural sanitary district which in Lindsey (the Holland

Holland, Lincolnshire

Holland is an area of south-east Lincolnshire, England. The name is still recognised locally and survives in the district of South Holland.-Administration:...

 part forming the Boston Rural District

Boston Rural District

Boston was a rural district in Holland, Lincolnshire from 1894 to 1974.It was formed from the Boston rural sanitary district by the Local Government Act 1894. It did not include the municipal borough of Boston...

). It included the parishes of Sibsey

Sibsey

Sibsey is a civil parish and village on the A16 road and B1184 in the English county of Lincolnshire, north of Boston in the district of East Lindsey. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,996. Sibsey Northlands is to the north of the village...

, Carrington

Carrington, Lincolnshire

Carrington is a village and civil parish located about 7 miles north of the town of Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The village was created a township in 1812, after the drainage of the West Fen in 1802, and became a civil parish in 1858....

, Frithville

Frithville

Frithville is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies about north of Boston on the B1183, and in the fenland area, West Fen....

, Langriville

Langriville

Langriville is a civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, about north west of the town of Boston on the B1192, and on the banks of the River Witham.-History:...

, Seven Acres, Thornton le Fen

Thornton le Fen

Thornton Le Fen is a small civil parish in the county of Lincolnshire, England, about north of the town of Boston. It lies in Wildmore Fen, and was created in 1812 after the fen was drained in 1802....

, and Westville

Westville, Lincolnshire

Westville is located north of Boston, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the fen country close to the village of Frithville, with which the hamlet shares the civil parish of Frithville and Westville....

. The district was abolished in 1936 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....

. The bulk became part of Spilsby Rural District

Spilsby Rural District

Spilsby was a rural district in Lincolnshire, parts of Lindsey from 1894 to 1974.It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the Spilsby rural sanitary district...

 with part of a couple of parishes going to Boston Rural District

Boston Rural District

Boston was a rural district in Holland, Lincolnshire from 1894 to 1974.It was formed from the Boston rural sanitary district by the Local Government Act 1894. It did not include the municipal borough of Boston...

.