Ropsley and Humby

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Ropsley and Humby

| civil_parish = Ropsley and Humby

| country= England

| region= East Midlands

|coordinates = {{Coord|52.90|-0.49|region:GB|display=title}}

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| shire_district= South Kesteven

| shire_county= Lincolnshire

| hide_services= Yes

| population =816

| population_ref = (2011 census)

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|static_image=Long Hollow near Braceby - geograph.org.uk - 155207.jpg

|static_image_caption=The long hollow, ancient track, Roman road, and Parish boundary

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Ropsley and Humby is a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 808,{{cite web|title=Neighbourhood statistics|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790460|work=2001 census|publisher=Office for national statistics|accessdate=20 April 2013}} increasing to 816 at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128022&c=Ropsley+and+Humby&d=16&e=62&g=6447439&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1464359166356&enc=1 |title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=27 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} The parish consists of the small villages of Ropsley and Great Humby and the larger Little Humby, and the Deserted Medieval Villages of Overton Green{{cite PastScape|mnumber=892632|mname=Overton Green|accessdate=7 September 2013}} and Ogarth.{{cite PastScape|mnumber=325730|mname=Ogarth|accessdate=7 September 2013}}

File:Ford at Little Humby - geograph.org.uk - 139897.jpg

File:Ropsley snow scene - geograph.org.uk - 1159691.jpg

The northern edge of the parish is formed by the A52 Grantham to Boston road, and the eastern edge is largely coincident with the former line of the Roman road King Street between Stainfield and Anacaster. Part of this boundary is the ancient 'long hollow'. The parish is around 100m above sea level on the Lincolnshire limestone hills between Grantham and the Fens. The open country in the north of the parish is known as Ropsley Moor{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance survey of Great Britain |title=Grantham: Bottesford & Colsterworth |date=3 January 2006 |scale=1:25 000 |series=OS Explorer |section=247 |edition=A1 |isbn=9780319238332}}

For the purposes of local democracy, the parish is administered with adjacent Braceby and Sapperton.{{cite web|title=Ropsley and Humby parish council|url=http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/RopsleyandHumby/|publisher=Lincolnshire county council|accessdate=7 September 2013|quote=The "Ropsley & District Parish Council" covers the electoral area of the village of Ropsley & the hamlets of Braceby, Great Humby, Little Humby & Sapperton. The Ropsley & Humby Ward elects seven councillors & the Braceby & Sapperton Ward one.}}