Careby Aunby and Holywell
| Careby Aunby and Holywell | |
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| Civil parish | |
Hollow cottages, typical terrain for the parish
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.svg) Careby Aunby and Holywell in Lincolnshire |
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| Coordinates: 52°43′48″N 0°29′38″W / 52.730°N 0.494°WCoordinates: 52°43′48″N 0°29′38″W / 52.730°N 0.494°W | |
| Country | England |
| Primary council | South Kesteven |
| County | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Status | Parish |
| Government | |
| • Type | Parish Council |
| • UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
| • EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 143 |
| Website | Careby Aunby and Holywell Parish Council |
Careby Aunby and Holywell is a civil parish in the district of South Kesteven, south-west Lincolnshire, in England. It stretches from the county border with Rutland in the west to the River West Glen in the east. The B1176 road from Corby Glen passes through Careby and on past Aunby toward Stamford. The main London to Scotland railway line passes through the parish, the line upon which Mallard took the speed record for the LNER.
The total population in the 2001 census was 146, falling marginally to 143 at the 2011 census. The population in 1801 was 65, and had risen to 133 by 1911
The centre of the parish is near grid reference TF017157
Earthen banks forming the remains of a small moated medieval structure in the woods between Aunby and Holywell.
At the western boundary with Rutland there is a small but important Nature Reserve called Robert's Field at Lincolnshire Gate.
At the Eastern side on the lane to Witham on the Hill is a small but important Nature Reserve called Stanton's pit, a former sandpit now important to bird life.
Grassland designated an SSSI.
An Iron-Age hill fort in modern woodland.
The parish's geology is a complex mixture of numerous strata of Jurassic rocks with the highest ground formed of glacial drift. The northernmost part lies on the gravels and sands which filled the valley of a Cromerian Stage river. To the east and west of Careby are patches of chalky glacial till, the eastern one overlying a thin remnant of Kellways beds with cornbrash fairly extensively exposed to its south. There are exposures of Blisworth clay, Blisworth Limestone, Upper Estuarine Series, and Upper Lincolnshire Limestone. Holywell’s quarries supplied stone for various building projects including Windsor Castle.
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