Hickling Nottinghamshire Family History Guide
Hickling is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1646
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1621
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Kinoulton
- Nether Broughton, Leicestershire
- Long Clawson, Leicestershire
- Widmerpool
- Broughton Sulney
- Colston Bassett
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HICKLING, a village and a parish in Bingham district, Notts. The village stands on the Dalby brook, near the Grantham canal, the Fosse way, and the boundary with Leicester, 7 miles S of Bingham r. station; and has a post office under Melton-Mowbray.
The parish comprises 2, 930 acres. Real property, £4, 778. Pop., 642. Houses, 145. The property is much subdivided. Roman coins have been found; and some evidence exists for supposing that there was a Roman station.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £400. Patron, Queen-s College, Cambridge. The church is mainly old, but has a new chancel; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a brass of 1521.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £68.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Nottinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Bingham
- Probate Court: Court of the Manor of St John of Jerusalem or Shelford St Johns
- Diocese: Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Bingham
- Poor Law Union: Bingham
- Hundred: Bingham
- Province: York