North Rauceby

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North Rauceby
Lincolnshire

North Rauceby village sign
Location
Grid reference: TF024464
Location: 53°0’23"N, 0°28’44"W
Data
Population: 159  (2011)
Post town: Sleaford
Postcode: NG34
Dialling code: 01529
Local Government
Council: North Kesteven
Parliamentary
constituency:
Sleaford and
North Hykeham

North Rauceby is a village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire. It is situated four miles north-west of Sleaford, and at the 2011 census had 159 residents.

North Rauceby is a shrunken village, being associated with a partial lost settlement.[1]

The parish church, St Peter, is on Church Lane: it serves both North and South Rauceby and is part of the group of churches that includes those of surrounding villages.

The village school is Rauceby Primary School, which also serves South Rauceby and other local villages.

Around the village

Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre is based in North Rauceby; its site also houses a park for touring caravans.

The Rauceby Maize maze is an attraction during the summer months.

See also

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about North Rauceby)

References

  1. National Monuments Record: No. 348926 – Shrunken village at North Rauceby, Lincolnshire