By Tim Lambert Early Spalding Spalding in Lincolnshire began as an Anglo-Saxon settlement. The ‘ing’ was originally ingas meaning the people of. It’s not certain what ‘Spald’ meant. It may have come from a word meaning ditch or ravine. By the time of the Domesday Book, in 1086 Spalding had a population of over 400.… Continue reading A History of Spalding, Lincolnshire