Ault Hucknall

Ault Hucknall

St John the Baptist church
Ault Hucknall
Ault Hucknall shown within Derbyshire
Population 1,053 (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
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

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]

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.

Hardwick Hall is within the parish boundary.

See also

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.

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.


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