Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ULCEBY

ULCEBY, a parish in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln; on the Manchester and Lincolnshire railway, at the forking of the lines toward New Holland and Great Grimsby, 7 miles S by E of New Holland. It contains U.-Skilter, and has there a head post-office‡ of the name of Ulceby, and a r. station with telegraph; and contains also Ulceby village, 1¼ mile from the r. station, and has there a post-office, of the name of Ulceby Village, under Ulceby. Acres, 3,790. Real property, £5,954. Pop., 1,048. Houses, 228. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £316.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was recently restored, and has a lofty spire. There are two Methodist chapels, and an endowed school with £29 a year.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ulceby CP/AP       Glanford Brigg RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Ulceby By Barton

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