Braceby and Sapperton

The long hollow, ancient track, Roman road, and Parish boundary

College farm, Braceby

Sapperton church - seen from the Manor

Braceby and Sapperton is a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 47.^[1] The parish consists of the two small villages of Braceby and Sapperton. Each village contains a small church dating from the 12th or 13th century.

The northern edge of the parish is formed by the A52 Grantham to Boston road, and the western edge is largely coincident with the former line of the Roman road King Street between Stainfield and Anacaster. Part of this boundary is the ancient 'long hollow', and part the East Glen river. There are small woodlands on the eastern edge of the parish. The parish is around 80m above sea level on the Lincolnshire limestone hills between Grantham and the Fens.^[2]

College Farmhouse dates back to 1677.^[3]

For the purposes of local democracy, the parish is administered as part of adjacent Ropsley and Humby.^[4]

References

↑ "Neighbourhood statistics". 2001 census. Office for national statistics. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
↑ Grantham: Bottesford & Colsterworth (Map) (A1 ed.). 1:25 000. OS Explorer. Ordnance survey of Great Britain. 3 January 2006. § 247. ISBN 9780319238332.
↑ Historic England. "College Farmhouse (505899)". PastScape. Retrieved 6 September 20132. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "Ropsley and Humby parish council". Lincolnshire county council. Retrieved 7 September 2013. The "Ropsley & District Parish Council" covers the electoral area of the village of Ropsley & the hamlets of Braceby, Great Humby, Little Humby & Sapperton. The Ropsley & Humby Ward elects seven councillors & the Braceby & Sapperton Ward one.

Google (5 September 2013). "Parish Outline" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

Coordinates: 52°54′N 0°29′W / 52.90°N 0.49°W / 52.90; -0.49

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Braceby and Sapperton.

"History of Braceby, in South Kesteven and Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
"History of Sapperton, in South Kesteven and Lincolnshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
"all 29 historical records for the parish". Pastscape. English Heritage.

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