Ewerby and Evedon explained

Official Name:Ewerby and Evedon
Civil Parish:Ewerby and Evedon
Country:England
Region:East Midlands
Hide Services:Yes
Population:509
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Static Image:St Andrew, Ewerby - geograph.org.uk - 432327.jpg

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 east 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 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 .[3]

The tapering western tip of the parish is traversed by the Sleaford avoiding line 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 33feet above sea level, only Ewerby village itself rising above 49feet, and in places above 66feet altitude. The Parish is generally open fields, with some woodland, one of whose names belies their purpose: .[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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ewerby and Evedon Parish Council. Parishes in Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire county council. 15 August 2013.
  2. Ordnance survey of Great Britain . Boston: Tattershall, Billinghay & Heckington . 13 June 2013 . 1:25 000 . OS Explorer . 272 . A2 . 9780319238172.
  3. Ordnance survey of Great Britain . Lincoln:Sleaford, Metheringham & Navenby . 13 June 2013 . 1:25 000 . OS Explorer . 161 . A2 . 9780319238202.
  4. Web site: Civil parish population 2011. 16 May 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  5. Web site: Geoelogy of Britain viewer. British geological Survey. 13 September 2013. 2 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161202013758/http://mapapps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyofbritain/home.html. dead. zoom to the location, and click to identify the strata
  6. 351056. Haverholme Priory. 18 September 2013.
  7. 351068. Hallgarth medieval moated site. 18 September 2013.