Ruskington
| Ruskington | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF082508 |
| Location: | 53°2’40"N, 0°23’15"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 5,169 (2011) |
| Post town: | Sleaford |
| Postcode: | NG34 |
| Dialling code: | 01526 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Sleaford and North Hykeham |
Ruskington is a large village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire, located on the north-south B1188 road and slightly north of the A153 road. The village contains approximately 2,200 dwellings and is approximately a mile in length, measured from east to west. The population of the civil parish was 5,169 at the 2001 census, increasing to 5,637 at the 2011 census.
The name of Ruskington is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Rischintone and Reschintone. This origin of the name appears to be from the Old English for "rushes village", as the waters here were, and are, full of rushes.[1]
Geography
Ruskington is approximately four miles north of Sleaford, and twenty miles from Kesteven's main town, Grantham. It is fifteen miles from each of Lincoln and Boston, all in a flat landscape.
The Spires and Steeples Trail passes north-south through the village, following the River Slea into Sleaford.
The High Street is split into two parts, High Street North and High Street South, by The Beck, a brook that flows from Bloxholm five miles west of the village before merging into the Slea at Haverholme Park.
Churches
The parish church, All Saints, stands at the west end of the High Street. It is a Norman church, built in 1086 to replace an earlier Anglo Saxon wooden structure. Parts of the tower are believed to date from 1086, but the chancel portion was built in the 13th–14th century. The tower was damaged in 1618 and rebuilt in 1620.
Other churches include the Ruskington Methodist Church, South Lincs Church[2] (a Pentecostal church formerly known as Emmanuel Christian Centre) and the Ruskington Free Church.
About the village
The remains of a Roman road also run parallel and to the west of Lincoln Road, but are apparent only in aerial photographs.
Ruskington's Anglo-Saxon burial ground is situated on Lincoln Road near Mill House.
The main employer in Ruskington is Tulip, a division of Danish Crown (previously "George Adams"), a pork products factory which originally produced primarily sausages and pork pies. Tulip's Ruskington site now produces fried crumbed products like Scotch eggs and cocktail sausages. It was the manufacturer of Spam fritters and Wicked Pigs, but these products have mercifully been discontinued.
Ruskington has a goodly range of local shops and services.
Sport and leisure
The village has a bowls club and a junior football team called the Ruskington Lions.
There are three pubs: the Shoulder of Mutton Inn on Church Street, the Red Lion on High Street North and the Black Bull on Rectory Road. Potters Restaurant on Chestnut Street is now closed.
The village hall hosts a dance school on Saturdays, and another dance school is located on Brookside Close near the doctors' surgery.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 397 ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ South Lincs Church