Heckington
Heckington | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | SLEAFORD | |
Postcode district | NG34 | |
Dialling code | 015294 | |
Police | Lincolnshire | |
Fire | Lincolnshire | |
Ambulance | East Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Heckington is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Sleaford and Swineshead Bridge, and south of the A17 road. Heckington, with 1,491 households, is one of the largest villages in Lincolnshire.[citation needed] The population of the civil parish including Boughton was 3,353 at the 2011 census.[1]
History
Church and chapel
Heckington
The church has original
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Windmill
The nearly 1,000-year-old village (first mentioned in the 10th century)[by whom?] is best known for its windmill of the same name, the only 8-sailed example of its type still standing in the UK and Europe. The tower windmill built as a five-sailed mill in 1830 and turned into an eight-sailed mill after serious storm damage in 1890–92 was formerly (and sometimes still today) named Pocklington's Mill after its last owner John Pocklington. In 1986 the windmill underwent restoration.[7]
On 28 June 1993,
Geography
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The £2.5 million 2+3⁄4-mile-long (4.5-kilometre) village bypass, built by
Another linear settlement of East Heckington lies alongside the A17 road two miles (three kilometres) east of Heckington. To the north is Howell, which is part of the parish.
Heckington falls within the drainage area of the Black Sluice
The parish boundary meets
The boundary follows the A17 westwards, north of Poplars Farm. South of Garwick Farm it crosses Car Dyke and Carterplot Road. 330 yards (300 metres) south of the level crossing is the division between Great Hale and Heckington, following the Beck westwards to the Burton Pedwardine road, where it meets Burton Pedwardine near a small copse. West of Whitehouse Farm it follows south of the railway westwards, meeting Kirkby la Thorpe north of Lodge Farm.
Education
There is one voluntary controlled primary school in the village: Heckington St Andrew's Church of England School. In 2012, it had 201 pupils on roll and was graded "good" by Ofsted.[10] A National School opened in Heckington in the 1830s and was located on Cameron Street from 1873. In 1951, it became a Church of England controlled school, new buildings were opened on Howell Road in 1962 and the school has used its current name since 1999.[11]
Heckington falls within the catchment area of the three secondary schools in Sleaford, each of which has a
Community
The Heckington Show has been held annually in the village over the last weekend in July since 1864. The 2020 Show was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The village's 1859-built
Heritage Lincolnshire[20] and Archaeological Project Services, its commercial wing, are based in the village.
Ecotricity have been given permission[when?] to build a 22-turbine wind farm on Heckington Fen.[21] It should generate enough electricity for about 40,000 homes. The site is next to a line of 400 kV pylons.[citation needed]
The village has its own magazine, published periodically (Heckington Living),[22] and an internet radio station (Heckington Living Community Radio or 'HLR').[23] The village has a community website.[24]
Notable people
- Tom Edwards, television and radio presenter; one of the original DJ's on board Radio Caroline.[25]
- Abi Titmuss[26]
- Joseph Toynbee, the otologist and ear surgeon was born in the village on 30 December 1830.[27]
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Andrew, Church Street (1360590)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ a b Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 472
- ^ a b Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 163, 164; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ISBN 978-0-500-34314-2.
- ^ "Divine Designs", wagtv.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011
- ^ "Heckington Windmill". Retrieved 21 March 2008.
- ^ Harrier crash, United Kingdomserials.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011
- ^ "Black Sluice IDB".
- ^ School Report: Heckington St Andrew's Church of England School, 2012 (Ofsted). Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Heckington St Andrew's CE Primary School (Reference Name SR/430)", Lincs to the Past (Lincolnshire Archives). Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Carre's Grammar School: Inspection Report 2013 (Ofsted). Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ School Report: Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy 4 June 2013 (Ofsted). Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ a b St George's Academy: Inspection Report May 2012 (Ofsted). Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ "Carre's Grammar School Admission Policy" Prospectus 2014-15 (Carre's Grammar School).
- ^ "Admissions Policy – 2014-15" Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Admissions Policy 2015" St George's Academy. Retrieved 7 January 2015. Archived at the Internet Archive on 10 January 2015.
- ^ Heckington Station Railway Museum Archived 23 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, homepage.ntlworld.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011
- ^ Heckington Swimming Pool, retrieved 23 July 2011
- ^ Heritage Lincolnshire Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 23 July 2011
- ^ "Heckington Fen, North Kesteven, Ecotricity. Retrieved 23 July 2011
- ^ "Heckington Living"
- ^ "Heckington Living Community Radio"
- ^ "Heckington Community Website"
- ^ "Official Website for Tom Edwards"
- ^ "One-off BBC Casualty role for former High School girl Abi", Sleaford Standard, 23 February 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2013
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
External links
- Media related to Heckington at Wikimedia Commons
- Heckington at Curlie
- Heckington Community Website
- Parish council