Fulbeck

Fulbeck is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population (including Byards Leap) taken at the 2011 census was 513. I t is situated on the A607, 9mi north from Grantham and 8mi north-west from Sleaford. To the north is Leadenham, and to the south, Caythorpe.ToponymyThe place-name 'Fulbeck' is mentioned in an 11th-century document as "Fulebec". It derives from Old Norse fúll or Old Danish full "dirty", "stinking" (cognate of Old English fūl > English foul) and bekkr "stream".Homonymy with Fuhlbek (Germany, Schleswig-Holstein) and Foulbec (France, Upper Normandy, Folebec 1066). and three stream-names in the three départements of Orne, Calvados and Manche (Lower Normandy).Fulbeck represents the Scandinavian version of the English place-names (and stream-names) Fulbrook.HistoryFulbeck Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Nicholas. Originating from the 10th century, there were further additions and changes up to the 18th. The church, which was restored in 1888, retains a variety of styles from Norman to Perpendicular, and a Transitional-Norman font. The tower has eight crocketed pinnacles, and within the church are many monuments to the Fane family of Fulbeck Hall.

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