Ulceby Local History Pack

• The name
• The place
• Population history
• Entry from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900.
• Holdings in North Lincolnshire Local Studies Library.
• References in the Star Newspaper Index.

The name

Known as Ulvesbi in 1086, Ulceby has also been spelt Hulesbi, Wlsebi and Olesbi. Translated the villages name means 'Ulf's farmstead or village'.

More information can be found in:

• Cameron, Keith. The Place-Names of Lincolnshire.
• Mills, A.D. A Dictionary of English Place Names.

The place

The village of Ulceby is situated six miles south of New Holland and eight south east of Barton.

Population history

Entry from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900

ULCEBY Village is a parish and large village, with a station at Ulceby Junction, 1 ½ miles from the village, on the Great Central (late M.S. and L.) railway, being the junction of the line to Grimsby, 164 ½ miles from London, 6 south from New Holland and 7 south-east from Barton-on-Humber, in the North Lindsey division of the county, parts of Lindsey, northern division of the Yarborough wapentake, union of Glanford Brigg, Barton-upon-Humber petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Yarborough No. 1 archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Nicholas is an edifice of stone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, lady chapel, north and south porches and an embattled western tower with spire containing 5 bells: there are some memorial windows: the chancel and lady chapel each contain an aumbry and piscina: the font is Early English: the church was restored and the seats reconstructed in 1852, under the direction of Mr. Keyworth, of Hull: the south aisle was entirely restored in 1879, and the south porch built by the Rev. William Fletcher D.D. vicar 1876 - 90, at his own expense, in memory of his wife, and in 1887 the chancel was restored: the dedication cross, found buried under the floor, has been placed near the chancel arch: there are 290 sittings. The register dates from the year 1567. The living is a vicarage, with the rectory of Croxton annexed, joint net yearly value £204, including 121 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1890 by the Rev. George Blinkhorn Assoc. K.C.L. There is a mission church at Ulceby Skitter, seating 80 persons, a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1816, a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1888, and a place of worship for Seventh Day Adventists. The Public Hall, erected in 1871, is used for lectures, meetings &c. Catharine Radley's charity of £5 left Sept. 3rd. 1842, is distributed on February 2nd and Easter Monday by the trustees. The Earl of Yarborough P.C. who is lord of the manor, Mrs. Henry Fletcher, of Barrow Grove, and J.D. Field esq. of Laceby, are the principal landowners. The soil is clay and loam; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is, 3,664 acres; rateable value, £7,343; the population in 1891 was 941.

Ulceby skitter is a hamlet 1 ½ miles east. Here is the railway station.

Holdings in North Lincolnshire Local Studies Library

• Maitland, Karen. The white room. 1996.
• Hall, J.G. Notices of Lincolnshire. 1890.

References in the Star Newspaper Index

• Schools closed for one month due to diphtheria outbreak LLS 23.12.1899 5c.
• Henry II silver penny found in garden LLS 18.04.1908 4d.
• Frost causes garden damage in June LS 26.06.1915 2f.
• Schools closed due to Scarlet Fever LS 25.12.1920 5c.
• Yarborough Hunt premises badly damaged by fire LS 18.06.1921 5c.