North Hykeham is a town and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
North Kesteven
North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The district is located to the east of Nottinghamshire, north-east of Leicestershire and south of the city of Lincoln. Its council, North Kesteven District Council, is b ...
district, in the county of
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...
, England. It forms part of the
Lincoln Urban Area. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 13,884.
History
North Hykeham was originally spelt "North Hyckham", and is commonly referred to as just 'Hykeham'.
North Hykeham is independent from Lincoln, despite being contiguous with the city and its surrounding areas. The old village dates back to the Angles, Germanic invaders who occupied much of Britain after the Romans left in 400 AD. The Danes and Vikings arrived in Lincolnshire in 900 AD, hence places with names ending in –by, thorpe and ham (which mean ‘village’).
The
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
(1086) records that North Hykeham had 15 households and a 52-acre meadow. The
tenant-in-chief
In medieval and early modern Europe, the term ''tenant-in-chief'' (or ''vassal-in-chief'') denoted a person who held his lands under various forms of feudal land tenure directly from the king or territorial prince to whom he did homage, as opp ...
was Baldwin of Flander
The windmills featured on the town crest are a reference to the two ancient windmills that once stood in the town, with each being owned by one of the two manors. The first mill was of a brick-built construction and was part of 'Ladds Mill' which was located on what is now known as Mill Lane (hence the name).
North Hykeham Church was first mentioned in 1160 but, by 1535 it was a 'free chapel', and by 1700 a ruin. From 1700 there was no church in North Hykeham. All Saints Church, consisting of nave, south aisle, chancel and tower, was erected on a new site in 1868, at a cost of £1200. A Methodist Chapel was built in 1881. In 1894 the first Parish Council was established and met in the village school. In 1948 the Parish Council moved to the Memorial Hall ('The Tin Tabernacle') on Newark Road. The present Memorial Hall was built in 1969. In May 2006 the Town Council moved to its new premises in Fen Lane, an extension of an existing pavilion.
Geography
North Hykeham lies south-southwest of Lincoln. It neighbors
South Hykeham,
Bracebridge Heath
Bracebridge Heath is a village and civil parish located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, in Lincolnshire, England. It lies at the junction of two major roads the A15 to Sleaford and the A607 to Grantham, and was (until modern sy ...
,
Thorpe-on-the-Hill and the Lincoln suburb of
Birchwood. North Hykeham is also the only other town in the North Kesteven District (along with
Sleaford
Sleaford is a market town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Centred on the former parish of New Sleaford, the modern boundaries and urban area include Quarrington to the south-west, Holdingham to the nor ...
). The boundary with Lincoln/North Hykeham starts at Doddington Road and Triton Road.
Governance
North Hykeham is in the district of
North Kesteven
North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The district is located to the east of Nottinghamshire, north-east of Leicestershire and south of the city of Lincoln. Its council, North Kesteven District Council, is b ...
and has its own local
town council
A town council, city council or municipal council is a form of local government for small municipalities.
Usage of the term varies under different jurisdictions.
Republic of Ireland
Town Councils in the Republic of Ireland were the second t ...
on Fen Lane. It falls within the
Sleaford and North Hykeham parliamentary constituency. The MP for the seat since 2016 has been the Conservative
Caroline Johnson
Caroline Elizabeth Johnson (''née'' Burton; born 31 December 1977) is a British Conservative Party politician and consultant paediatrician who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Public Health from Septemb ...
.
Economy
An
Asda
Asda Stores Ltd. () (often styled as ASDA) is a British supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Leeds, England. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged their retail business with the Associated Dairies company of Yorks ...
superstore opened in 1969, and was subsequently rebuilt on land adjacent to the old store (previously the site of Hykeham Manor, partial ruins of which existed into the early 1980s) which was demolished, and is part of the current larger, 24 hour store car park in March 1998. It is situated on Newark Road towards the district boundary (Tritton Road - B1003) with the City of Lincoln. There is a
Co-op
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...
store near the junction of Lincoln Road, Mill Lane, and Moor Lane, with a small group of shops and medical practice. Most of the local shops in the town are on Newark Road at a shopping centre called "The Forum".
The Lindum Group have a site on Station Road which houses several businesses comprising the Lindum Group and a number of other businesses, some of which are closely associated with the group. ASC Metals make
metal sheets and tubes. There are engineering companies on Freeman Road, near the railway station, including Siemens (formerly
Alstom Power
Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia ...
). A foundry, Lincoln Castings, on Station Road closed in February 2007; the last owners were the Meade Corporation of
Malmesbury
Malmesbury () is a town and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately west of Swindon, northeast of Bristol, and north of Chippenham. The older part of the town is on a hilltop which is almost surrounded by the upp ...
.
There is a
sailing club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting.
Description
Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mari ...
on Apex Lake (formed from a former sand and gravel pit). Nearby is Whisby Nature Park. The Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum is on Whisby Road near the railway station.
On the Westminster Trading Estate on Station Road, there is a practice studio for musicians.
There is a memorial to those who lost their lives in both The First and Second World Wars.
Facilities
Public houses
The town's public houses are The Fox and Hounds, The Centurion, The Harrows and The Lincoln Green.
Churches
![All Saints' church,North Hykeham, Lincs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/All_Saints%27_church%2CNorth_Hykeham%2C_Lincs._-_geograph.org.uk_-_68608.jpg)
The Hykeham
ecclesiastical parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
lies south of the town and includes St Hugh's Anglican church, built in the 1960s, on Harewood Crescent and the Victorian gothic-style All Saints Anglican church on the corner of Moor Lane. Both are part of the Hykeham Team Ministry which incorporates the church in South Hykeham. A
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
chapel is situated on Chapel Lane. In January 2014, a new church opened at the Sir Robert Pattinson Academy known as 'Alive Hykeham'.
Parks
![Gravel Pits - North Hykeham - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Gravel_Pits_-_North_Hykeham_-_geograph.org.uk_-_78144.jpg)
North Hykeham has five parks. Glebe Park is behind the Lincoln Green public house. Fen Lane Park has football pitches, a children's play area and a purpose built skatepark. "The Green" park is part of the old village green, and The Memorial Hall park is part of the Memorial Hall sporting facilities. St Aidan's Park contains an old orchard.
Education
There are two secondary schools:
North Kesteven Academy and the
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy, adjacent on Moor Lane. The Terry O'Toole Theatre and NK Sports Centre are at North Kesteven Academy. There are also several primary schools including All Saints CE, Fosse Way Academy, Manor Farm Academy and Ling Moor Primary
Sport
North Hykeham is home to various sports clubs including:
* North Hykeham
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
Club, who play at the Memorial Hall & Playing Fields Association pitch on Newark Road;
*
Lincolnshire Bombers, a British
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
team, who also play at the Memorial Hall;
* North Hykeham
Sailing
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...
Club, is home to various competitions and boating days. They are located off Newark Road in a former gravel pit lake;
* Greenbank FC, the biggest junior football club in the county;
* Lincoln & District Runners, an amateur running and walking club, who meet each Tuesday at NK leisure centre at 19:20 (except for the first Tuesday of each month where other locations are used). Their most famous runner is Louis Sime, who is local legend on many Strava routes, and a veteran of two marathons.
Twinning
*
Denzlingen
Denzlingen is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated north of Freiburg.
Geography
Denzlingen is located in the Upper Rhine Valley (''Oberrheinische Tiefebene'') at the edge of the Black F ...
(since 1988), north of
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...
in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
(13,500 population)
References
External links
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Town CouncilThe LibraryHykeham Team MinistryHistory of the parishes of North and South Hykeham*
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Towns in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
North Kesteven District
Areas of Lincoln, England