North Rauceby
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North Rauceby is a small village of around 150 residents situated 4 miles north-west of Sleaford
in Lincolnshire
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The village is home to Rauceby Primary School which serves this village and the village of South Rauceby
although many children travel from the surrounding area to attend this school as there are not enough children in the 2 villages to fill it. . It is in the Local Government District of North Kesteven
.It is also home to Cranwell Aviation Centre and The Rauceby Maize maze during the summer months. At the same site as the Aviation Heritage Centre there is a popular touring caravan park that seems to be well used for most of the year. There is no bus service in North Rauceby only for school children during term time.
The parish church of St Peters is situated on Church Lane and serves both North and South Rauceby and is in a group of churches in the surrounding villages.
North Rauceby is a shrunken village, being associated with a partial lost settlement
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Sleaford
Sleaford is a town in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located thirteen miles northeast of Grantham, seventeen miles west of Boston, and nineteen miles south of Lincoln, and had a total resident population of around 14,500 in 6,167 households at the time...
in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
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The village is home to Rauceby Primary School which serves this village and the village of South Rauceby
South Rauceby
South Rauceby is a small village and civil parish about 3 miles North West of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England. It has a population of around 250 people. It has a pub/restaurant called The Bustard Inn and is served by the Rauceby railway station. It also has a daily bus service run by Centrebus...
although many children travel from the surrounding area to attend this school as there are not enough children in the 2 villages to fill it. . It is in the Local Government District of North Kesteven
North Kesteven
North Kesteven is a local government district in the East Midlands. Just over north of London, it is east of Nottingham and south of Lincoln. North Kesteven is one of seven districts in Lincolnshire, England and is in the centre of the County...
.It is also home to Cranwell Aviation Centre and The Rauceby Maize maze during the summer months. At the same site as the Aviation Heritage Centre there is a popular touring caravan park that seems to be well used for most of the year. There is no bus service in North Rauceby only for school children during term time.
The parish church of St Peters is situated on Church Lane and serves both North and South Rauceby and is in a group of churches in the surrounding villages.
North Rauceby is a shrunken village, being associated with a partial lost settlement
Abandoned village
An abandoned village is a village that has, for some reason, been deserted. In many countries, and throughout history, thousands of villages were deserted for a variety of causes...
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