Ruckland

{{Short description|Village in Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= Saint Olaves Church, Ruckland - geograph.org.uk - 161781.jpg

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| static_image_caption= St Olave's Church, Ruckland

| country = England

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| coordinates = {{coord|53.282895|-0.001522|display=inline,title}}

| population=

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| 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

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| os_grid_reference= TF333780

| london_distance_mi= 125

| london_direction= S

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Ruckland is a village in the civil parish of Maidenwell, and about {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10449182/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Ruckland AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 November 2023}} On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Maidenwell.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10449182|title=Relationships and changes Ruckland AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 November 2023}}

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In the 1086 Domesday Book Ruckland is written as "Rochland", with nine households, the Lord of the Manor being Briscard.{{cite web|title=Domesday Map|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF3378/ruckland/|work=Ruckland|publisher=Anna Powell-Smith/University Of Hull|accessdate=17 June 2011}}

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.{{NHLE|num= 1280828|desc=Church of St Olave, Maidenwell|accessdate=30 May 2013}}{{cite web|title=Ruckland|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Ruckland/|publisher=Genuki.org|accessdate=17 June 2011}}

The churchyard contains the war graves of a Royal Navy sailor and an Army Veterinary Corps soldier of the Second World War.[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/41593/RUCKLAND%20(ST.%20OLAVE)%20CHURCHYARD "Cemetery details - Ruckland (St Olave) Churchyard"] CWGC Cemetery Report

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.{{cite web|title=Special Collections and Archives|url=http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/colldescs/gypsy/families.htm|work=British Romany Families|publisher=University of Liverpool|accessdate=17 June 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727213739/http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/colldescs/gypsy/families.htm|archivedate=27 July 2011}}{{cite book|title=The Gypsy's Parson: his experiences and adventures|year=1915|publisher=Sampson Low Marston & Co|url=https://archive.org/details/gypsysparsonhise00hallrich}}

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