In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ruskington like this:
RUSKINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Sleaford district, Lincoln; 3½ miles N by E of Sleaford r. station. It has a post-office under Sleaford. Acres, 4, 750. Real property, £6, 337. Pop., 1,089. Houses, 240. The manor belongs to the Earl of Winchelsea. The living is twofold, a rectory and a vicarage, in the diocese of Lincoln. ...
Value of the rectory, £300; of the vicarage, £124. Patron of the former, the Rev.J. Myers; of the latter, the Lord Chancellor. The church is partlyearly English; has a low tower mainly rebuilt in 1620, but retaining a Norman arch; and was restored in 1861. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £10 a year, and charities £46.
Ruskington through time
Ruskington is now part of North Kesteven district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Kesteven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ruskington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ruskington, in North Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1013
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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