Kirkby Green is a small village in the

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Scopwick Scopwick is a small village and civil parish in the district of North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, situated south from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincoln. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 815. The parish includes Kirkb ...

, in the

North Kesteven North Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Sleaford. The district also contains the town of North Hykeham, which adjoins the neighbouring city of Lincoln, England, L ...

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Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England. The village lies east from Scopwick on the B1191 road to Timberland, south-east from the

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, south-west from

Woodhall Spa Woodhall Spa is a former spa town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, south-west of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Horncastle, west of Skegness, east-south-east o ...

, and north from

Sleaford Sleaford is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. On the edge of the The Fens, Fenlands, it is north-east of Grantham, west of Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston, and sou ...

. In 1921 the parish had a population of 147. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Scopwick. Ford at Kirkby Green - geograph

At the eastern end of the village is a

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where the road crosses the

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, formerly the site of Scopwick and Timberland railway station.

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* Villages in Lincolnshire North Kesteven District Former civil parishes in Lincolnshire {{Lincolnshire-geo-stub