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Ulceby cum Fordington (sometimes "Ulceby near Alford")

Census

• The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives the Census Piece Numbers for the parish, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1826 and restored in 1885.
  
  
• The church seats 120.
  
  
• Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

• There was once an Anglican church in Fordington hamlet, but no trace of it remains.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1749.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Calcewaith and Candleshoe Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1863. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Alford sub-district of the Spilsby Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Ulceby is both a village and a parish about 3.5 miles southwest of Alford and 5 miles east of Spilsby. The parish covers just over 1,900 acres and includes the tiny hamlet of Fordington.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A158 northwest out of Skegness or the A16 southeast out of Louth. Pick up the A1058 trunk road which passes next to Ulceby village.
  
  
• See our touring page for visitor services.
  
  

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History

• Fordington is the site of an old Roman camp.
  
  
• In the parish is a lofty hill called "Bull's Head."
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TF 4272.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Military History

The Ulceby War Memorial is in a field alongside the A16 road. A photograph by John Readman exists on Geo-graph. It commemorates an RAF Lancaster crew shot down by a German fighter.

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Military Records

For a photograph of the Ulceby War Memorial and the names on it, see the Roll of Honour site.

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Politics and Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the Wold division of the ancient Calceworth Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish (perhaps erroneously) in the South Lindsey division of the county.
  
  
• For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey Disctrict Council.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1820.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part the Spilsby Poor Law Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alford petty sessional hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	165
1831	218
1841	204
1871	179
1881	169
1891	160
1911	185

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Schools

• Prior to 1912, the children of this parish attended school in Well parish.
  
  
• This parish built a County Council School here in 1912.
  
  
• See our Schools page for more information on researching school records.
  
  

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