Greetham with Somersby

{{Short description|Civil parish in Lincolnshire, England}}

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Greetham with Somersby is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} north-east from the market town of Horncastle.

The parish comprises the villages of Greetham, Somersby, Ashby Puerorum, Bag Enderby and the hamlet of Holbeck.

Greetham with Somersby is crossed by no major roads, although the A158 Lincoln to Skegness road forms part of the southern parish boundary. The summits of Millam's Hill and Melbourne's Hill – at {{convert|260|ft|m|0}} and {{convert|262|ft|m|0}} – are the highest points in a parish generally between {{convert|165|ft|m|0}} and 260 feet above sea level. Two small streams flow eastward into the River Lymn which flows south-eastwards through the east of the parish.{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance survey of Great Britain |title=Lincolnshire Wolds South:Horncastle & Woodhall Spa |date=3 January 2006 |scale=1:25 000 |series=OS Explorer |section=273 |edition=A1 |isbn=9780319238219}}

The 2001 Census recorded a Greetham with Somersby population of 161,{{cite web|title=Greetham With Somersby statistics|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:akpw4hQ215oJ:www.research-lincs.org.uk/lro/documents_lro/Site_Text/2001_Census/Parish_Profiles/PDF/32UC062.pdf+greetham+with+somersby&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShS2HqL_EmyUq7MGsMCZVpqJZnqAf6nNf_n6HDWiz9Gh9dMJXN0NNoWZ00-Sz8ezxffuZAFnAkRRc8qPTpIpHvt20Jj7DQa-Y8lJLKq27yo3M6qXvlyoaZKSU6m3SauIcqikRP4&sig=AHIEtbQARmCF9QMxYfzqIm_xRuEDaPp6uA|access-date=5 July 2011}} including Ashby Puerorum and increasing to 167 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124012&c=LN9+6NS&d=16&e=62&g=6446261&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1440257274584&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=22 August 2015}}

Community politics is in the hand of a Parish meeting.{{cite web|title=Parish meeting details|url=http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/GreethamwithSomersby/|publisher=Lincolnshire county council|access-date=11 October 2013}}{{cite web|title=Parish meeting details|url=http://www.eldc.gov.uk/committee/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=282&LS=3|publisher=East Lindsey district council|access-date=11 October 2013}}