Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Description
Hickling, a village and a parish in Notts. The village stands on the Dalby brook, near the Grantham Canal, the Fosse Way, and the boundary with Leicestershire, 3 miles from Widmer-pool and Upper Broughton stations on the M.R., and has a. post and money order office under Melton Mowbray; telegraph office, Upper Broughton (R.S.) The parish comprises 2866 acres; population, 448. 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 Southwell; net value, £430 with residence. Patrons, Queens' College, Cambridge. The church is an old building in the Early English style, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower, and contains a pre-Norman sculptured stone, and. a brass of 1521. The chancel was rebuilt in 1845, the tower in 1873, and the nave and aisles were restored in 1886. There are a Wesleyan chapel and small charities.