Old Sleaford

{{Short description|Settlement in Lincolnshire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Old Sleaford | civil_parish = Sleaford | country = England | region = East Midlands | coordinates = {{coord|52.9894|-0.4007|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference = | post_town = | postcode_area = | postcode_district = | dial_code = | shire_district = North Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | hide_services = Yes | population = | population_ref = | area_total_km2 = | static_image = The Carre Arms Hotel, Sleaford - geograph.org.uk - 4768196.jpg | static_image_caption = The Carre Arms Hotel | website = }} '''Old Sleaford''' is a former settlement and ancient parish, now in the civil parish of Sleaford, in the North Kesteven district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It was south-east of the market town of New Sleaford (generally called Sleaford).<ref>{{Harvnb|Elsdon|1997}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Old Sleaford Heritage Group|2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Monument Record MLI91636 – Settlement of Old Sleaford |url=https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI91636 |work=Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer |publisher=Lincolnshire County Council|access-date=20 May 2024}}</ref> In 1951 the parish had a population of 820.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10450937/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Old Sleaford AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 June 2024}}</ref> On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished to form Sleaford.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/sleaford%20and%20east%20kesteven.html|title=Sleaford and East Kesteven Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=11 June 2024}}</ref>

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=== Bibliography=== *{{Citation |last=Elsdon |first=S. M. |year=1997 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aIpnAAAAMAAJ |title=Old Sleaford Revealed: A Lincolnshire Settlement in Iron Age, Roman, Saxon and Medieval Times: Excavations 1882–1995 |publisher=Oxbrow Books |isbn=1900188325}} * {{Citation |author=Old Sleaford Heritage Group |year=2020 |title=Old Sleaford, New Perspectives: A History of the Manor House of Old Sleaford, Lincolnshire |location=Sleaford|publisher=Old Sleaford Heritage Group|isbn=978-1-5272-6392-5}}

Category:Former civil parishes in Lincolnshire Category:Sleaford