SPALDING, a market-town of England, Lincolnshire, in a fenny country on the left bank of the Welland, 34 miles S.E. of Lincoln, and 122 N. of London. It has four principal streets, and most of the houses are well built. In the centre of a large market-place stands a brick town-hall. The parish church is old, and has a fine tower and spire. Spalding contains also several places of worship for Dissenters, a theatre, alms-houses, and a grammar-school, of which the great Bentley was at one time head-master.
The river has been made navigable for small vessels up to the town; and an active trade is carried on in corn, timber, coal, wool, flax, and hemp. Spalding is connected with London by the Great Northern Railway, on which it is a station. Pop. of the parish, 8829.