Ewerby Thorpe is a hamlet in the

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of Ewerby and Evedon, in the

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, England. It lies north from the A17 road, east from

Sleaford Sleaford is a market town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Centred on the former parish of New Sleaford, the modern boundaries and urban area include Quarrington to the south-west, Holdingham to the n ...

, and west from

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. The village of Ewerby lies just to the west, and

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just to the south, with the River Slea running to the north. The hamlet is the site of the ancient village of Austhorpe. In the ''

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'' account Austhorpe is written as "Oustorp". It consisted of 8 villagers, with 3 ploughlands, a meadow of and woodland of . In 1086

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transferred to Kolsveinn of Lincoln. The land immediately to the north-west, south of the River Slea and stretching to

South Kyme South Kyme is a small village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 393. It is located south-east from North Kyme which is itself from Billingh ...

, was known as Ewerby Thorpe Fen. In the 13th century it was the part of the manorial lands of William de la Laund. He gave Ewerby Thorpe Fen, then called le Mykeldyke, to Haverholme Priory."Ewerby Thorpe Fen: TF141486"
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{{Authority control Hamlets in Lincolnshire North Kesteven District