Ewerby and Evedon

Ewerby and Evedon is a civil Parish in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.^[1] It includes the villages of Ewerby and Evedon, the hamlet of Haverholme, and is situated immediately west of Sleaford.^{[2] [3]} The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 509.^[4]

Geography[]

The northern boundary of the parish follows the course of the Sleaford Navigation, and the old course of the River Slea runs within the parish from west to east, joining the navigation

just below Cobbler's Lock. The extreme western tip of the parish pushes into Sleaford and the eastern side is demarked by a short section of the Navigation, and further by a minor drain continuous with it, the Midfodder dike (a local name for the Roman Car Dyke). The Southern edge, along Ewerby Fen, is traced by a field drain and the Hodge Dyke, which is drained into the Car Dyke by a

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pumping station.^[3]

The tapering western tip of the parish is traversed by the of the railway, and the A17 Sleaford bypass.^[2] At the North Eastern corner of the parish the place-names Ferry Lane and Ferry Farm point to the former ferry over the modern Slea Navigation.^[3]

Most of the parish is about 33 feet (10 m) above sea level, only Ewerby village itself rising above 49 feet (15 m), and in places above 66 feet (20 m) altitude. The Parish is generally open fields, with some woodland, one of whose names belies their purpose:

Fox Covert.^[2][3]

Throughout the parish the bedrock is a Jurassic Sedimentary mudstone, of the Oxford clay formation. This is covered with Glacial Till from the quaternary ice age.^[5]

Settlements[]

• Ewerby 53°00′47″N 0°19′44″W / 53.013°N 0.329°W / 53.013; -0.329 (Ewerby)
• Ewerby Thorpe 53°00′52″N 0°18′42″W / 53.0144°N 0.3116°W / 53.0144; -0.3116 (Ewerby Thorpe)
• Evedon 53°00′49″N 0°21′58″W / 53.0135°N 0.3661°W / 53.0135; -0.3661 (Evedon)
• Haverholme 53°01′58″N 0°20′54″W / 53.0328°N 0.3482°W / 53.0328; -0.3482 (Haverholme)

Other Locations[]

• The site of Haverholme Priory 53°03′20″N 0°20′52″W / 53.055454°N 0.347684°W / 53.055454; -0.347684 (Haverholme Priory) The Gilbertine house of St Mary, founded in 1139 and dissolved in 1539.^[6]
• The site of a Heronry in Haverholme Wood 53°01′24″N 0°20′56″W / 53.023215°N 0.349002°W / 53.023215; -0.349002 (Evedon wood Heronry)
• Ewerby Waithe Common53°01′53″N 0°17′27″W / 53.0315°N 0.2908°W / 53.0315; -0.2908 (Ewerby Waithe Common) Site of Twelve Drain bridge, A bridge which, surprisingly, is not over the Twelve Drain, which is some yards away
• Ewerby Fen53°01′16″N 0°17′24″W / 53.021°N 0.290°W / 53.021; -0.290 (Ewerby Fen) The lowest part of the parish, no more than 3M above sea level.
• Hallgarth53°00′22″N 0°20′10″W / 53.006°N 0.336°W / 53.006; -0.336 (Hallgarth moat) The remains of a moat, or ornamental pond.^[7]

References[]

• Google (13 August 2013). "Parish Outline" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

External links[]

• Media related to Ewerby and Evedon at Wikimedia Commons
• "History of Ewerby, in North Kesteven and Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
• "History of Evedon, in North Kesteven and Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
• "History of Haverholme, in North Kesteven and Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
• "all 29 records for the parish". PastScape. English Heritage. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

Coordinates: 53°01′07″N 0°19′46″W / 53.0186°N 0.3294°W / 53.0186; -0.3294