Ault Hucknall

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Ault Hucknall
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Ault Hucknall
Location within Derbyshire
Population1,053 (Including Astwith , Bramley Vale , Doe Lea and Stainsby. 2011)
OS grid reference SK467652
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHESTERFIELD
Postcode district S44
Dialling code 01246
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
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England
Derbyshire
53°10′55″N1°18′07″W / 53.182°N 1.302°W / 53.182; -1.302 Coordinates: 53°10′55″N1°18′07″W / 53.182°N 1.302°W / 53.182; -1.302

Ault Hucknall (Old English: Hucca's nook of land [1] ) is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 1,053. [2]

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Local residents describe the settlement as the 'smallest village in England', as it consists of only a church and three houses. [nb 1] The philosopher Thomas Hobbes was interred within Ault Hucknall's St John the Baptist Church following his death in 1679. [3]

Hardwick Hall is within the parish boundary, which also contains the settlements of Astwith, Bramley Vale, Doe Lea, Hardstoft, Rowthorne and Stainsby.

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Notes

  1. although as a village is not legally defined in England, this is not a provable claim – many would refer to it as a hamlet.

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St John the Baptist's Church, Ault Hucknall is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire.

Ault Hucknall is a civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 23 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Ault Hucknall and the surrounding area, including the settlements of Astwith, Hardstoft, and Rowthorne. The most important buildings in the parish are Hardwick Hall and its predecessor Hardwick Old Hall, which are listed together with associated structures in the grounds and surrounding parkland. The other listed buildings include a church and a chest tomb in the churchyard, houses and farmhouses, a public house, a watermill, a former Sunday school, and a war memorial.

References

  1. "Ault Hucknall". Key to English Place-names. English Place Name Society/INS at the University of Nottingham . Retrieved 22 August 2013. Ault, '(Old French) high', is a later addition to distinguish from Hucknall in Nottinghamshire
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. Thomas Hobbes: Biography, Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, retrieved 26 September 2020