Lockington, Leicestershire

Lockington
The coach house at Lockington Hall
Lockington Location within Leicestershire
Civil parish	Lockington-Hemington
District	North West Leicestershire
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DERBY
Postcode district	DE74
Dialling code	01509
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North West Leicestershire
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°50′54″N1°18′28″W / 52.84833°N 1.30778°W / 52.84833; -1.30778

Lockington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lockington-Hemington, in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. The village is close to the Derbyshire border.

Transport

Although there is not a rail station in the village, East Midlands Parkway opened nearby in 2008 at Ratcliffe-on-Soar which provides links to the Midland Main Line.

In February 1964, a 150lb German bomb was found in the construction of the M1 motorway. ^[1]

History

Lockington Hall in the village was the home of a branch of the Curzon family. In 1904 Henry Curzon of Lockington Hall was High Sheriff of Derbyshire. ^[2]

Pair of gold armlets from the hoard in the British Museum

In 1994 a hoard of Bronze Age items was discovered locally. The hoard consisted of the shards of two Beaker style pots, a copper based alloy dagger and two embossed gold-sheet armlets. These 4,000-year-old finds are now in the British Museum. ^{[3] [4]}

Civil parish

On 1 April 1936 the parish of Hemington was merged with Knossington, ^[5] on 14 May 1938 the parish was renamed "Lockington Hemington". ^[6] In 1931 the parish of Lockington (prior to the merge) had a population of 186. ^[7]

Notable people

John Gilbert Cooper, poet, was born here in 1722.

References

1. Daily Express Monday 17 February 1964, page 1
2. "No. 27655". The London Gazette . 8 March 1904. p. 1537.
3. "Two embossed gold armlets". British Museum . Retrieved 7 August 2010.
4. British Museum Collection
5. "Relationships and changes Lockington Hemington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
6. "Loughborough Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
7. "Population statistics Lockington Hemington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 31 December 2022.