Spalding, Lincolnshire

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Spalding is a town in Lincolnshire

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Spalding within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Spalding in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Spalding, market town and par. with ry. sta., Lincolnshire, on river Welland, 14 m. SW. of Boston, 12,070 ac., pop. 9260; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Tuesday. Spalding is an important railway centre, while the river has been made navigable to the town for vessels of from 50 to 70 tons. It is situated in a rich agricultural district, and has a large trade, by river and by rail, in corn, wool, coal, and timber. It has also flour, bone, and saw mills, breweries, and coach works. There are remains of a priory of 1501, a fine old church (restored 1860), a grammar school, a corn exchange, and a spacious market place.

Spalding in the Domesday Book

A village in Elloe hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

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