Ulceby With Fordington

Ulceby with Fordington is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Also known as Ulceby by Alford and Ulceby cum Fordington, the principal settlements are Ulceby, a village and Fordington, a small hamlet, which was once a Roman Camp. From 1894 to 1974 this parish was part of Spilsby Rural District. The parish is around 3.5 miles southwest from the market town of Alford, Lincolnshire and 5 miles east of Spilsby. In the early 1870's John Marius Wilson described the parish as follows:

"Ulceby, a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln; 2½ miles SW of Alford r. station. Post town, Alford. Acres, 2,220. Real property, £1,622. Pop., 212. Houses, 38. The manor belongs to Capt. Mansell. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £650.* Patron, the Rev. W. A. Peacock. The church is good." -