Spalding, Lincolnshire
Overview
Spalding is a market town
with a population of 30,000 on the River Welland
in the South Holland
district of Lincolnshire
, England
. Little London is a hamlet directly south of Spalding on the B1172 road.
Spalding is well-known for its annual Flower Parade which attracts many regular visitors from all over the world. Since 2002 it has also held an annual Pumpkin Festival (not linked to Hallowe'en) in October.
A settlement has existed in the Spalding area as far back as Roman times when the site was used for the production of salt to which it was suited as marshland.
However, the settlement's name is derived from an Anglian tribe, the Spaldingas
, who settled in the area during the 6th century, and who retained their administrative independence right into the ninth and tenth centuries, when the region formed one of the Five Boroughs of the Kingdom of York.
Market town
Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...
with a population of 30,000 on the River Welland
River Welland
The River Welland is a river in the east of England, some long. It rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market Harborough, Stamford and Spalding, to reach The Wash near Fosdyke. For much of its length it forms the county boundary between...
in the South Holland
South Holland, Lincolnshire
South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire. The district council is based in Spalding.It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Spalding urban district with East Elloe Rural District and Spalding Rural District...
district of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Little London is a hamlet directly south of Spalding on the B1172 road.
Spalding is well-known for its annual Flower Parade which attracts many regular visitors from all over the world. Since 2002 it has also held an annual Pumpkin Festival (not linked to Hallowe'en) in October.
A settlement has existed in the Spalding area as far back as Roman times when the site was used for the production of salt to which it was suited as marshland.
However, the settlement's name is derived from an Anglian tribe, the Spaldingas
Spaldingas
The Spaldingas were an Anglian tribe that settled in an area known as the spalda. This divided the fens and marshes of East Anglia in what is now the South Holland part of Lincolnshire...
, who settled in the area during the 6th century, and who retained their administrative independence right into the ninth and tenth centuries, when the region formed one of the Five Boroughs of the Kingdom of York.
- 1015 - a BenedictineBenedictineBenedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
PrioryPrioryA priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
was founded by Thorold de Bokenhale - 1086 - the town is recorded in the Domesday bookDomesday BookDomesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
as 'Spallinge' - 1284(c) - St Mary & St Nicolas Church was built as a parish church by the priory under Prior William de Littleport de Kurphery Frederick.
- 1377 - The White HartWhite HartThe White Hart was the personal emblem and livery of Richard II, who derived it from the arms of his mother, Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent", heiress of Edmund of Woodstock...
Inn of the Market Place is built - 1430s - Ayscoughfee HallAyscoughfee HallAyscoughfee Hall is a grade II* listed building, located in central Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, and is a landmark on the fen tour.- History :The house, currently a museum, was built for Richard Ailwyn in the fifteenth century...
built by Richard Alwyn - 1566 - Mary, Queen of Scots, stopped overnight at the White Hart in the Market Place
- 1588 - The Spalding Grammar SchoolSpalding Grammar SchoolSpalding Grammar School, or as it is fully known The Queen Elizabeth Royal Free Grammar School Spalding, is a selective school on Priory Road in Spalding, Lincolnshire for pupils aged 11–18.- History :...
, originally located within the Church, was founded. - 1590s - Spalding's first drains constructed.
- 1650 - Sir John Gamlyn founded almshouseAlmshouseAlmshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people to live in a particular community...
s in Spalding. - 1688 - Maurice Johnson was born at Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding on 19 June.
- 1710 - Maurice Johnson founded the Spalding Gentlemen's Society Museum, which is now the second oldest museum in the country.
- 1768 - Holland House, described as the finest house in Spalding, was built by William Sands Junior.
- 1774 - The famous explorer Matthew FlindersMatthew FlindersCaptain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...
was born at nearby Donington, on 16 March.
