Little Humby

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Little Humby
Little Humby shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	SK992342
Parish	Ropsley and Humby
District	South Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRANTHAM
Postcode district	NG33
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Grantham and Stamford
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 52°53′46″N 0°31′37″W / 52.8961, -0.5268

Little Humby is a small hamlet roughly 7 or 8 miles out of Grantham. It is part of the Ropsley parish. There is also Great Humby about 1/2 a mile down the road, which is actually smaller. There are many other small hamlets nearby such as Keisby, Hanby, and Lenton.

1 Recent times
2 Points of interest
3 Wildlife
4 Famous People in Humby

[edit] Recent times

In years gone by Little Humby was a farming community, but, as house prices rose and development land became sought after, farmers and home owners with land decided to capitalise on this and sell land for development, causing Humby to double in size.

[edit] Points of interest

Humby is home to a classic British 'red telephone box' which is quite a rare sight nowadays, it was petitioned to keep it when the local council made plans to replace with a modern day varient.

Humby also has a ford, which can sometimes be over four feet deep, causing many a nightmare for the unprepared driver.

[edit] Wildlife

In and around Humby there is an abundance of wildlife ranging from birds to badgers. Birds that are often seen in the countryside like Blue Tits, Wrens, Chaffinches all exist here, but we also have more uncommon birds of prey. There are various kestrels and Red Kites, as well as Buzzards having a wingspan of well over a meter, which can be seen soaring over fields.

There is also the possibility of a black panther in the area, this has been sighted by many locals, there have been reports of the big cat from all round the area.