Ruckland Explained

Static Image Name:Saint Olaves Church, Ruckland - geograph.org.uk - 161781.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Olave's Church, Ruckland
Country:England
Coordinates:53.2829°N -0.0015°W
Civil Parish:Maidenwell
Shire District:East Lindsey
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Louth and Horncastle
Post Town:Louth
Postcode District:LN11
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:TF333780
London Distance Mi:125
London Direction:S

Ruckland is a village in the civil parish of Maidenwell, and about 6miles south from the town of Louth, in the East Lindsey district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In 1931 the parish had a population of 21.[1] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Maidenwell.[2] In the 1086 Domesday Book Ruckland is written as "Rochland", with nine households, the Lord of the Manor being Briscard.[3]

Ruckland's church, dedicated to Saint Olave (sometimes Olaf), seats forty people. It was built in 1885 of green sandstone by William Scorer, and is a Grade II listed building.[4] The churchyard contains the war graves of a Royal Navy sailor and an Army Veterinary Corps soldier of the Second World War.[5]

George Hall (1863–1918) was rector of Ruckland and a member of the Gypsy Lore Society. In 1915 he published his book, The Gypsy's Parson - His Experiences and Adventures.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population statistics Ruckland AP/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 22 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Relationships and changes Ruckland AP/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 22 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Domesday Map. Ruckland. Anna Powell-Smith/University Of Hull. 17 June 2011.
  4. Web site: Ruckland. Genuki.org. 17 June 2011.
  5. http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/41593/RUCKLAND%20(ST.%20OLAVE)%20CHURCHYARD "Cemetery details - Ruckland (St Olave) Churchyard"
  6. Web site: Special Collections and Archives. British Romany Families. University of Liverpool. 17 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727213739/http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/colldescs/gypsy/families.htm. 27 July 2011.
  7. Book: The Gypsy's Parson: his experiences and adventures. 1915. Sampson Low Marston & Co.

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