What is "winceby"

Winceby is a village in the civil parish of Lusby with Winceby (where the population the included) in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated in the Lincolnshire Wolds, and about from both Horncastle and Spilsby.

The village is notable for the ( Civil War) Battle of Winceby, which took place in 1643, when the Royalist army was defeated by the Roundheads at "Slash Hill".

There is a church, St Margaret's, and a garage. The village is very close to the Snipe Dales nature reserve and country park, owned by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.