Hickleton is a village and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England.

Historically History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 291, which had reduced slightly to 274 at the 2011 Census. Hickleton is west of Doncaster and east of

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

. There are records of Hickleton's history dating back to Saxon times although some consider the settlement to have Roman roots. More recently, it was the "estate village" of

Hickleton Hall Hickleton Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian stately home in Hickleton, South Yorkshire, England, about west of Doncaster. For more than 50 years (until 2012) it was a Sue Ryder Care home. It was being converted to luxury apartments, and is no ...

, formerly the home of the

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and then a Sue Ryder Care Home until 2013. The parish church, St. Wilfrid's, is mainly of

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construction with

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features that was restored in Victorian times by George Frederick Bodley. Two locations in Hickleton appear in the top ten worst locations in England for air quality; the village has the most polluted air in Yorkshire. There have been numerous campaigns to construct a bypass around the village and Marr to the east.What life is like living in Yorkshire's most polluted village - YorkshireLive
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Hickleton Local History Society website
Villages in Doncaster Civil parishes in South Yorkshire {{SouthYorkshire-geo-stub

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