RUCKLAND, a parish in the Wold division of the
hundred of LOUTH-ESKE, parts of LINDSEY, county of
LINCOLN, 6 miles (S. by E.) from Louth, containing
33 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory,
with that of Farforth and the vicarage of Maiden Well,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the
king's books at £6. 3. 9., and in the patronage of Lord
Yarborough. The church is dedicated to St. Olave.