Evedon

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Evedon is a small village in the civil parish of Ewerby and Evedon, in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is about 2 miles northeast of Sleaford.

- In 1885, the parish covered 1,333 acres with three farms on heavy soil. Crops included wheat, oats, beans, barley and turnips. The population was 73, with Murray Finch-Hatton as the sole landowner.
- Children attended Sleaford Grammar School and the Free School at Ewerby. The parish register starts in 1599.
- By 1933, farmland had grown to about 1,647 acres, with 5 acres of water. The population in 1921 was 81. There were three farms, two farm bailiffs and a dairyman. The nearest money order and telephone office was at Ewerby.
- In 1931 the parish of Evedon joined with Ewerby to form Ewerby and Evedon.

The parish church, St Mary, is a Grade II* listed limestone building dating from the 13th century and restored in 1898. Evedon Manor House is a Grade II listed 16th-century limestone house (with 19th-century alterations) that was once home to the Bertie family.