Evedon

Evedon
Church of St Mary, Evedon
Evedon is located in Lincolnshire
Evedon
Evedon
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF096474
• London100 mi (160 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSleaford
Postcode districtNG34
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53°00′49″N 0°22′00″W / 53.013492°N 0.366604°W / 53.013492; -0.366604

Evedon is a village in the civil parish of Ewerby and Evedon, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east from the town of Sleaford.

In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted that Evedon was a parish of 1,333 acres (5 km2) and three farms, on heavy soil that produced crops of wheat, oats, beans, barley and turnips, and seeds – small potatoes used as seed stock. Parish population in 1881 was 73, with Murray Finch-Hatton DL JP as sole landowner. The parish was entitled to send children to Sleaford Grammar School, and two to the Free School at Ewerby.[1] The parish register dates from 1599. By 1933 parish land had increased to 1,647 acres (7 km2), with 5 acres of water – population in 1921 was now 81.[2] There were still three farms, with two farm bailiffs, and a dairyman. The nearest money order and telephone office was at Ewerby.[3]

The former civil paris of Evedon was amalgamated on 1 April 1931 with that of Ewerby, to form "Ewerby and Evedon".[4]

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Mary, is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 13th century and restored in 1898, and built of limestone.[5][6]

Evedon Manor House, once the seat of the Bertie family, is a Grade II listed 16th-century house built from limestone, with 19th-century alterations.[7][8]

  1. ^ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 389
  2. ^ "Population statistics Evedon CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1933, p. 179
  4. ^ "Relationships and changes Evedon CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ Historic England. "St Marys church, Evedon (1168557)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  6. ^ Historic England. "St Marys, Evedon (348804)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Evedon Manor House (1168590)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Evedon Manor House". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 28 June 2011.