Aunby is a village in the civil parish of Careby Aunby and Holywell, in the

South Kesteven South Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne, Grantham, Market Deeping and Stamford, Li ...

district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north from Stamford on the

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, and just south of

Careby Careby is the principal village in the a civil parish of Careby Aunby and Holywell

n which the population is included N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''. History ...

in the South Kesteven Non-metropolitan district, district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. The River Glen, Lincolns ...

. In 1921 the parish had a population of 42. Aunby was formerly in the parish of

Castle Bytham __NOTOC__ Castle Bytham is a village and civil parish of around 300 houses in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is located 9 miles (15 km) north of Stamford and 9 miles (15 km) west of Bourne.The population was measured at ...

, in 1866 Aunby became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Careby, Aunby and Holywell". Aunby consists of Manor and Lodge farms, and a

deserted medieval village In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village (DMV) is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the convent ...

. The River Glen flows to the east of the village, next to the

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. Close to the west is

Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ...

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