Little Humby is a small hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 roughly 7 or 8 miles out of Grantham

Grantham

Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...

. It is part of the Ropsley

Ropsley

Ropsley is a village about east of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.-Village:Ropsley has its own village hall which also within the ground has a basketball court, a football pitch and a cricket pitch. There is a golf course located on the outskirts of the village, it has 12 holes after undergoing...

 parish. There is also Great Humby

Great Humby

Great Humby is the smaller of two hamlets, the other being Little Humby. It is located 7 or 8 miles out of Grantham, Lincolnshire. It is home to roughly 15 people, it has a small chapel with a nearby pond. The main attraction to this small hamlet is the turkey farm.Great Humby is surrounded by...

 about 1/2 a mile down the road, which is actually smaller. There are many other small hamlets nearby such as Keisby

Keisby

Keisby is a small hamlet in the district of South Kesteven, in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated roughly 7 or 8 miles north-west of Bourne, and is part of the Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby parish. Lenton parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery of Beltisloe. The...

 and Hanby

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.

Points of interest

Humby is home to a classic British 'red telephone box

Red telephone box

The red telephone box, a public telephone kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta, Bermuda and Gibraltar, and despite a reduction in their numbers in recent years, red boxes can still be seen in many places and in current or former...

' which is a rare sight nowadays; the inhabitants petitioned to keep it when the local council made plans to replace it with a more modern variant.

Humby also has a ford

Ford (crossing)

A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading or in a vehicle. A ford is mostly a natural phenomenon, in contrast to a low water crossing, which is an artificial bridge that allows crossing a river or stream when water is low.The names of many towns...

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

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 tit

Blue Tit

The Blue Tit is a 10.5 to 12 cm long passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and western Asia in deciduous or mixed woodlands...

s, wrens

Winter Wren

The Winter Wren is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It was once lumped with Troglodytes pacificus of western North America and Troglodytes troglodytes of Eurasia under the name Winter Wren.It breeds in coniferous forests from British...

, chaffinches all exist here, but Humby also has more uncommon birds of prey. There are various kestrel

Common Kestrel

The Common Kestrel is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European Kestrel, Eurasian Kestrel, or Old World Kestrel. In Britain, where no other brown falcon occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".This species...

s and red kite

Red Kite

The Red Kite is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. The species is currently endemic to the Western Palearctic region in Europe and northwest Africa, though formerly also occurred just...

s, as well as buzzard

Common Buzzard

The Common Buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey, whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. It is usually resident all year, except in the coldest parts of its range, and in the case of one subspecies.-Description:...

s having a wingspan of well over a meter, which can be seen soaring over fields.
Seagulls often fly in from the coast to feed in the fields, especially after harvest time when new seeds are being sown.

Notable residents

During his retirement the actor and war hero Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Richard Todd OBE was an Irish-born British stage and film actor and soldier.-Early life:Richard Todd was born as Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Andrew William Palethorpe Todd, was an Irish physician and an international Irish rugby player who gained three caps for...

. lived in Little Humby, where he died in 2009.

External links

• Little Humby video 2007 retrieved 18 December 2010
• Little Humby video drive 2007 retrieved 18 December 2010