Osbournby listenⓘ (locally pronounced Ozzenby or Ossenby) is a small village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.
The population of the civil parish (including Spanby) at the 2011 census was 381.
[1] It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) south from Sleaford on the A15 road near the A52 roundabout.
The village public house is the Whichcote Arms on London Road (A15).
One Saturday in 1791 a match at foot-ball was played in Osbournby field between the bachelors of Osbournby and Billingboro'; when, after a severe contest of six hours, wherein several feats of agility were shewn, it was decided in favour of the youths of Billingbor'; on which occasion they wore favours of blue ribband, as a mark of their distinction.