Hickling
"Hickling is a large village and parish on the Grantham Canal, at the foot of the Wolds, near the Leicestershire border and the Vale of Belvoir, 12 miles south-east of Nottingham and 8 miles south by west of Bingham. In 1771, a farmer whilst ploughing near the village, found an urn containing about 200 Roman silver coins and medals, most of them of "the age of Vespasian". This discovery seems to confirm the opinion of Camden, that there has been a Roman station here. Fossils, chiefly shellfish, are often found here in the limestone.
The parish is called in Doomsday Book Eeheling and Hegeling, and was partly soc
to Cropwell and Granby. It contains 613 inhabitants and 2,663 acres of land, of
the rateable value of £3,014 8s, which was enclosed in 1776, when 431a 0r 4p
were allotted in lieu of tithes, in addition to 62a 0r 4p of ancient glebe. The
principal land owners are the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, Mr Marshall, Mr Collishaw, Mr Eaton, Mr Robert Hardyard and Mr Mason, and several other freeholders, but Earl Manvers is the lord paramount.
The parish church is dedicated to St Luke, and has a fine lofty tower with four
bells and a clock. A stone coffin, bearing a Runic inscription, was found some
years ago under the chancel."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
Note: There is another Hickling in Norfork County.
- The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
- In November, 1883, the parish was reassigned to the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2485 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2718 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to St. Luke.
- The church was built in the 14th century.
- The chancel was rebuilt about 1850.
- The church tower was rebuilt in 1873
- Inside the church are two ornate grave lids that date from the 10th century.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1646.
- The church was in the rural deanery No. 1 of Bingham.
- Check the Guy Etchells website for a list of marriages in the parish from 1646 to 1812.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here. They rebuilt the original one in 1846.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
- In November, 1883, the parish was reassigned to the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
This village and parish are just east of the Vale of Belvoir. Leicestershire forms the eastern border and Kinoulton parish is to the north. The parish lies 8 miles north-west of Melton Mowbray and 12 miles south-east of Nottingham city. The parish covers 2,866 acres.
The old Grantham Canal passes through the village. There is a large turn basin next to the main road, but the canal here is unused these days, except by swans and ducks. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A606 trunk road northwest out of Melton Mobray and turn north at Nether Broughton.
- The village has its own Website to attrract and advise visitors.
- The village holds an annual Hickling Scarecrow Festival over a weekend each September.
- A large portion of the village lies in a Conservation area which includes 24 listed buildings.
- In 1771, a Roman urn containing about 200 coins and medals of Vespasian's era was ploughed up in a field here. It is presumed that a Roman camp was nearby.
- The village has a natural mineral spring at the old rectory.
- In the 1800s, more than half the parish was pasturage.
- The national grid reference is SK 6929.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey "Explorer" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish of Nottinghamshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the south division of the Bingham Wapentake (or Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
- Hickling is a part of the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1776.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
- The Nottingham Archives Office holds copies of Hickley's bastardy bonds, Register of Apprentices and other parish chest material. Some of this material has been microfilmed for the LDS Family History Library. Check their catalog for full information.
| Year |
Population |
| 1801 |
391 |
| 1841 |
581 |
| 1851 |
613 |
| 1861 |
642 |
| 1871 |
559 |
| 1881 |
498 |
| 1891 |
448 |
| 1901 |
426 |
| 1911 |
357 |
| 1921 |
399 |
| 1931 |
394 |
- A National School was built here in 1838.
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[Last updated: 5-April-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
