Osbournby

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Osbournby
Lincolnshire
St.Peter and St.Paul's church, Osbournby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 147406.jpg
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Osbournby
Location
Grid reference: TF070381
Location: 52°55’48"N, 0°24’33"W
Data
Population: 398  (2011)
Post town: Sleaford
Postcode: NG34
Local Government
Council: North Kesteven
Parliamentary
constituency:
Sleaford and
North Hykeham

Osbournby (locally pronounced Ozzenby or Ossenby) is a small village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire. The population of the civil parish (including Spanby) at the 2011 census was 381.

The village is five miles south of the nearest town, Sleaford, on the A15 road near the A52 roundabout. Adjacent villages include Spanby, Aunsby and Threekingham. In 2001 the village had a recorded population of 358.

The church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. The village public house is the Whichcote Arms on London Road (A15). There is a small primary school and nursery in the village.

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