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The family of Richard Brooks (Census 1881) are looking for information about him and his Hickling family, including his wife, Mary (Rippon) Brooks. Mary moved to Upper Broughton, living in William Allen’s household from the early 1900s. If you can help, please contact us.

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From the Parish Registers (St. Lukes’s, Hickling) – to 1905:

Baptisms:

• Child’s name – father’s name – mother’s name – date of baptism – father’s occupation – notes
• Abigail – John ALLEN – Ann – 1811 08     
• Alfred – William ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1852 02 22 – Labourer
• Alice – Thomas ALLEN – Ruth – 1816 04 03 – Labourer
• Alice – William ALLEN – Emma – 1869 08 15 – Labourer
• Ann – John ALLEN – Ann – 1801 10 01    
• Ann – John ALLEN – Ann – 1802 10 20    
• Ann – Thomas ALLEN – Ruth – 1813 03 15 – Labourer
• Ann – William ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1856 06 29 – Labourer
• Anne – mother Pleasant ALLEN – 1827 04 15 – Single woman
• Anne Mary – George ALLEN – Anne – 1877 11 04 – Labourer
• Arthur – William ALLEN – Emma – 1879 02 03 – Labourer
• Arthur – William ALLEN – Emma – 1884 04 06 – Labourer
• Betsey – Henry ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1872 01 21 – Labourer
• Daniel – John ALLEN – Ann – 1810 05 02
• Edith – mother Emily ALLEN – 1885 09 06
• Edmund – Henry ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1884 04 20 – Labourer
• Edmund – William ALLEN – Elizabeth 1868 07 19  – Labourer
• Edmund Walter – William ALLEN – Emma – 1873 03 16 – Labourer
• Elias – George ALLEN – Frances – 1866 09 16 – Labourer
• Elizabeth – George ALLEN – Frances – 1880 10 12 – Labourer
• Elizabeth – Henry ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1884 04 20 – Labourer
• Elizabeth – John ALLEN – Ann – 1809 01 01          
• Elizabeth – Thos. ALLEN – Ruth – 1803 03 09        
• Elizabeth – William ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1859 02 25 – Labourer
• Emma – Henry ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1870 06 19 – Labourer
• Esther Jane – Henry ALLEN – Eliza – 1869 09 19 –               Labourer
• Fanny – Thomas ALLEN – Ruth – 1807 12 27        
• Frances – George ALLEN – Anne – 1877 11 04 – Labourer
• George – mother Mary ALLEN – 1839 02 17 – Single woman
• George Henry – George ALLEN – Frances – 1872 01 21 – Labourer
• Harriet – William ALLEN – Emma – 1875 05 16 – Labourer
• Henry – mother Mary ALLEN – 1844 11 29 – Single woman
• Henry – Thomas ALLEN – Ruth – 1821 09 02 – Labourer
• Herbert – Henry ALLEN – Eliza – 1866 09 16 – Labourer
• James Bruin – John ALLEN – Ann – 1799 08 16    
• Jane – Thomas ALLEN – Ruth – 1826 10 01 – Labourer
• John – mother Alice ALLEN – 1836 09 11 – Single woman
• John – John ALLEN – Ann – 1803 12 11   
• John – Thomas ALLEN – Ruth – 1805 07 21          
• John – William ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1868 07 19 – Labourer
• John Davis – Joseph ALLEN – Ann – 1843 11 05 – Labourer
• John William – William ALLEN – Emma – 1884 04 06 – Labourer
• Joseph – George ALLEN – Anne – 1877 11 04 – Labourer
• Joseph – Henry ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1886 10 03 – Labourer
• Joseph – John ALLEN – Lucy – 1816 02 11 – Labourer
• Joseph – William ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1854 06 25 – Labourer
• Lucy Ann – Joseph ALLEN – Mary Ann – 1854 12 17 – Labourer
• Mary – Thomas ALLEN – Ruth – 1810 09 30         
• Pleasant – John ALLEN – Ann – 1800 07 26          
• Reuben – George ALLEN – Frances – 1870 08 21 – Labourer
• Ruth – George ALLEN – Frances – 1868 05 17 – Labourer
• Ruth – William ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1864 04 27 – Labourer
• Samuel – William ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1849 10 07 – Labourer
• Samuel – William ALLEN – Elizabeth – 1861 02 17 – Labourer
• Samuel – William ALLEN – Emma – 1884 04 06 – Labourer
• Sarah – John ALLEN – Ann – 1807 01 08 
• Walter Edmund – William ALLEN – Emma – 1872 03 23 – Labourer
• William – John ALLEN – Ann – 1805 11 10            
• William – Michaell ALLEN – 1646 10 11  
• William – Thomas ALLEN – Ruth – 1805 07 21     
• William – Thomas ALLEN – Ruth – 1819 04 09 – Labourer
• William – Thos. ALLEN – Ruth – 1804 12 02          
• William Henry – Henry ALLEN – Eliza – 1868 04 19 – Labourer

Marriages:

• ALLEN Henry to GASCOYIN Eliza – 1866 03 24
• ALLEN Henry to PARR Elizabeth – 1869 05 05
• ALLEN John to PAGET Lucy 1813 12 30
• ALLEN Joseph to DAVIS Anne 1842 12 26
• ALLEN Joseph to DAVIES Mary Ann – 1854 01 22
• CLARK John to ALLAN Mary – 1846 12 28                                                      
• DRAKE Thomas to ALLEN Annie – 1876 02 29                    
• GARDNER Leonard Joseph to ALLEN Mary – 1896 07 13                      
• MAY John to ALLEN Elizabeth – 1838 01 08                                    
• WILD Edward Herrick to ALLEN Betsey – 1893 10 12                                        
• FAUKES Francis to ALLIN Jane – 1655 05 19

Funerals:

• Ann ALLEN – 1801 10 08 – Inf                  
• Ann ALLEN – 1803 06 23 – Inf                  
• John ALLEN – 1803 12 13 – Inf                 
• William ALLEN – 1804 12 07 – Inf                          
• Willm. ALLEN – 1805 10 01 – Inf              
• Sarah ALLEN – 1807 01 27 – Inf                
• Daniel ALLEN – 1810 05 06 – Inf              
• Abigail ALLEN – 1811 08 27 – Inf              
• Ann ALLEN – 1812 07 19 – Wife of John
• John ALLEN – 1817 07 01 – 54    
• Elizabeth ALLEN – 1818 07 06 – 15           
• Anne ALLEN – 1827 10 24 – Inf   
• Ruth ALLEN – 1837 09 30 – 54    
• Ann ALLEN – 1847 10 31 28        
• Lucy ALLEN – 1853 09 13 – 71    
• Samuel ALLEN – 1855 01 27 – 5 – Scarlet Fever
• Joseph D ALLEN – 1859 08 13 – inf – abode East Bridgeford         
• Thomas ALLEN – 1859 11 02 – 82                          
• Edmund ALLEN – 1870 01 20 – 18m – Convulsions
• Walter Edmund ALLEN – 1872 03 26 – 10m – Infl. after measles
• George Henry ALLEN – 1872 03 30 – 18m – Infl. after measles
• Elizabeth ALLEN – 1880 05 08 – 21 – consump
• Elizabeth ALLEN – 1880 10 16 – 6m – convulsions
• Jane ALLEN – 1880 12 23 – 2 – abode Carlton      
• Emma ALLEN – 1883 11 07 – 34                             
• William ALLEN – 1887 08 24 – 68             
• Ruth ALLON – 1876 08 23 – 89 – consumpt           

In the Churchyard:

Sisters Ann (Annie) & Ruth Allen – Drake:

• Ann bap. 29^th June 1856, died 16^th May 1908 aged 52yrs.
• She is an unmarried servant in the Marshall household in the 1871 census
• Ann married Thomas Drake 29^th Feb 1876 in Hickling.
• Following Ann’s death in 1908, her widowed husband married Ann’s sister (Ruth Allen) in 1911. Thomas died in October 1913 and was buried with his first wife in Hickling Churchyard.
• Their headstone is on the north side and next to the church path; it reads:
  • “In loving memory of Annie, the beloved wife of Thomas Drake, who fell asleep May 15^th 1908 aged 52 years “Still in our hearts she lives”. Also of Thomas Drake her beloved husband who fell asleep Oct 27^th 1923 aged 57 years. Reunited.”
• Ruth remained a widow until her death in 1941; she is listed in Nottingham (as, ‘incapacitated’) in the 1939 Register and her death is recorded in Basford District.

John and Sarah Allen:

“In loving memory of John the dearly loved husband of Sarah Allen Dickman who passed away March 26^th 1934 aged 62 years ‘Simply to the cross I cling’. Also his beloved wife Sarah Allen who passed away Feb 1^st 1950 aged 82 years. Their memory is as dear to-day as on the day they passed away.”

In the Census Records:

Census 1841

Household (1):

• Richard Davies – Male – 70 – 1771 – farmer – not born in county
• Alice Allen – Female – 25 – 1816 – female servant – in county
• John Allen – Male – 5 – 1836 – in county
• John Davies – Male – 10 – 1831 – in county

Household (2):

• Lucy Allen – Female – 55 – 1786 – not born in county
• Pleasant Allen – Female – 40 – 1801 – born in county
• Ann Allen – Female – 12 – 1829 – born in county

Census 1851:

Household (1) – (visitor in the Greenfield household)

• Alice Allen – Visitor – Unmarried – Female – 35 – 1816 – Lace worker – born Hickling

Household (2)

• Thomas Allen – Head – Widow – Male – 74 – 1777 – Pauper – born Leics
• William Allen – Son – Married – Male – 32 – 1819 – Labourer – Hickling
• Elizabeth Allen – Daughter – Married – Female – 29 – 1822 – Goadby, Leics
• Henry Allen – Grandson – Male – 9 – 1842 – Scholar – Goadby
• Thomas Allen – Grandson – Male – 7 – 1844 – Scholar – Scalford, Leics
• William Allen – Grandson – Male – 4 – 1847 – Scholar – Scalford
• Samuel Allen – Grandson – Male – 2 – 1849 – Hickling

Household (3) – in the household of John & Mary Clark

• George  Allen – Son in law – Male – 12 – 1839 – Labourer – Hickling
• (note; listed as son-in-law and age 12)

Household (4)

• Joseph Allen – Head – Widow – Male – 35 – 1816 – Labourer – Hickling
• Pleasant Allen – Sister – Unmarried – Female – 50 – 1801 – School mistress – Hickling
• John Allen – Son – Male – 7 – 1844 – Hickling
• Richard Allen – Son – Male – 4 – 1847 – Sneinton

Household (5) – in the household of Samuel (labourer) & Mary Marshall:

• Lucy Allen – Mother in law – Widow – Female – 68 – 1783 – Housekeeper – Waltham, Leics

Census 1861 (Hickling):

Household (1)

• William Allen – Head – Married – Male – 42 – 1819 – Agricultural lab – Hickling
• Elizabeth Allen – Wife – Married – Female – 38 – 1823 – Goadby, Leics
• Alfred Allen – Son – Male – 7 – 1854 – Scholar – Hickling
• Joseph Allen – Son – Male – 7 – 1854 – Scholar – Hickling
• Ann Allen – Daughter – Female – 5 – 1856 – Scholar – Hickling
  • Also, see: In the Churchyard (above) – “In loving memory of Annie, the beloved wife of Thomas Drake, who fell asleep May 15^th 1908 aged 52 years “Still in our hearts she lives”. Also of Thomas Drake her beloved husband who fell asleep Oct 27^th 1923 aged 57 years. Reunited.”
• Elizabeth Allen – Daughter – Female – 2 – 1859 – Hickling
• Samuel Allen – Son – Male –  0 – 1861 – Hickling

Household (2) – in the household of William & Elizabeth Collishaw (farmer)

• George  Allen – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 21 – 1840 – Carter – Hickling

Household (3) – in the household of John Davies on Hickling Pastures

• Henry Allen – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 16 – 1845 – Plough boy – Hickling
• William Allen – Servant – Male – 13 – 1848 – Plough boy – Hickling,

Household (4) – in the household of Robert & Hannah Collishaw

• Thomas Allen – Apprentice – Unmarried – Male – 16 – 1845 – Joiner – Scalford, Leics

Census 1871 (Hickling):

Household (1) – Lodge Farm

• William Allen – Head – Male – 23 – 1848 – ag lab ­- Hickling
• Emma Allen – Wife – Female – 22 – 1849 – Hickling
• Alice Allen – Daughter – Female – 1 – 1870 – Hickling
• Joseph Allen – Brother – Male – 17 – 1854 – farm servant – Hickling

Household (2) – in the Marshall household, Hall Yard House

• Ann Allen – Servant – Female – 16 – 1855 – Hickling

Household (3) – The Green

• Frances Allen – Wife of family – Female – 31 – 1840 – Ag lab’s wife – Clawson, Leics
• Thomas Allen – Son – Male – 7 – 1864 –               Hickling
• Elias Allen – Son – Male – 4 – 1867 – Hickling
• Ruth Allen – Daughter – Female – 3 – 1868 – Hickling
• Ruben Allen – Son – Male – 1 – 1870 – Hickling

Household (4) – The Green

• Henery Allen – Head – Male – 28 – 1843 – ag lab – Hickling
• Elizabeth Allen – Wife – Female – 23 – 1848 – Hickling
• Emily Allen – Daughter – Female – 1 – 1870 – Hickling

Household (5) – Pudden Lane

• William Allen – Head – married – Male – 52 – 1819 – ag lab – Hickling
• Elizabeth Allen – Daughter – Female – 12 – 1859 – Hickling
• Samuel Allen – Son – Male – 10 – 1861 – Hickling
• John Allen – Son – Male – 7 – 1864 – Hickling
• Ruth Allen – Daughter – Female – 7 – 1864 – Hickling

Household (6) – Folly Hall, Hickling Pastures – in the Baker household

• William Allen – Servant – Male – 18 – farm servant […] – 1853 – born Broughton

Census 1881 (Hickling):

Household (1) (location in village unclear – on first page of return but other entries imply middle of the village along Main Street)

• William Allen – Head – Married – Male – 33 – 1848 – Farm labourer – Scalford, Leics
• Emma (Henson) Allen – Wife – Married – Female – 32 – 1849 – Wife – Hickling
• Alice Allen – Daughter – Single – Female – 11 – 1870 – Scholar – Hickling
• Edward Walter – Allen – Son – Single – Male – 8 – 1873 – Scholar – Hickling
• Harriet Allen – Daughter – Single – Female – 6 – 1875 – Scholar – Hickling
• Samuel Allen – Son – Single – Male – 4 – 1877 – Scholar – Hickling
• Arthur Allen – Son – Single – Male – 2 – 1879 – Hickling
  • Emma Henson; bap. 27th Jan 1850 (born 1849) – Hickling – parents, John (labourer) & Drusilla Henson.
  • Emma appears in her parents’ household in Hickling in 1851 & 1861 – in 1861 she is the second eldest of 6 children (note surname sometimes transcribed as Penson).
  • Emma Allen was buried in Hickling, 7th November 1883, age 34. There are no notes against the registry entry and there are no infant burials at the same time; however, there are inconsistencies in the baptismal records for her children which might indicate a death in childbirth (more work needed).
  • Census 1891 (Hickling): William Allen is living in UB – widower – male – 43 – 1848 – ag lab – born Hickling. There are 2 sons in the household; Arthur age 12 and John W age 9.
  • Census 1901: William Allen (widower, born Hickling 1849) is living alone in Upper Broughton – he is a labourer on the roads.
  • Census 1911: William is living in a household in Upper Broughton with his wife (of 7 years), Mary; this is likely to be Mary (Rippon/Brooks) Allen (born Hickling 1856).

Household (2): – in the Starbuck household

• Amos John – Allen – Step son – Single – Male – 7 – 1874 – Scholar – Clawson, Leics

Household (3)

• Henry Allen – Head – Married – Male – 31 – 1850 – Farm labourer – Goadby, Leics
• Elizabeth Allen – Wife – Married – Female – 32 – 1849 – Kinoulton
• Emily Allen – Daughter – Single – Female – 11 – 1870 – Scholar – Hickling
• Betsy Allen – Daughter – Single – Female – 9 – 1872 – Scholar – Hickling
• Mary Allen – Daughter – Single – Female – 7 – 187 – Scholar – Hickling
• Ruth Anna Allen – Daughter – Single – Female – 5 – 1876 – Scholar – Hickling
• Harry Allen – Son – Single – Male – 2 – 1879 – Hickling
• Elizabeth Allen – Daughter – Single – Female – 0 – 1881 – Hickling,

Household (4)

• William Allen – Head – Married – Male – 62 – 1819 – Farm labourer – Hickling
• Elizabeth Allen – Wife – Married – Female – 58 – 1823 – Goadby, Leics
• Ruth Allen – Daughter – Single – Female – 16 – 1865 – At home – Hickling,

Household (5) – in the White household

• William Allen – Serv – Single – Male – 15 – 1866 – Ag/lab milk or cow boy – Clawson, Leics

Census 1891:

Household (1) – Hopkinson’s Barn Smithfield Lane

• Henry Allen – Head – Married – Male – 48 – 1843 – Farm labourer – Goadby Marwood, Leics
• Elizabeth Allen – Wife – Married – Female – 41 –       1850 – Kinoulton
• Ruth Hannah Allen – Daughter – Single – Female – 15 – 1876 – Hickling
• Harry Allen – Son – Single – Male – 12 – 1879 – Scholar – Hickling
• Elizabeth Allen – Daughter – Single – Female – 10 – 1881 – Scholar – Hickling
• Edmund Allen – Son – Single – Male – 7 – 1884 – Scholar – Hickling
• Edith Allen – Granddaughter – Single – Female – 5 – 1886 – Scholar – Hickling
• Joseph Allen – Son – Single – Male – 4 – 1887 – Scholar – Hickling
• John E Hives – Servant – Single – Male – 15 – 1876 – Farm servant – Hickling

Household (2) – Faulks Lane

• Elizabeth Allen – head- widow – age 68 – born Goadby Marwood

Census 1901:

Household (1) – in the household of James & Edith Collishaw

• Edith Allen – Servant – Single – Female – 15 – 1886 – General servant domestic – Hickling

Household (2)

• Elizabeth Allen – head- widow – age 78 – living on own means – born Goadby Marwood

Household (3)

• Henry Allen – Head – Married – Male – 58 – 1843 – Ordinary farm labourer – Goadby, Leics
• Elizabeth Allen – Wife – Married – Female – 52 – 1849 – Kinoulton

Household (4) – in the household of John Faulks (born Colston Bassett) & his daughter, Mary.

• Joseph Allen – Servant – Single – Male – 14 – 1887 – Hickling

Census 1911: (no Hickling records)

From the Wadkin Archives:

Reflections of Yesteryear:

• (p.40, W0285 & W1284): c.1885 school photograph; Emily Allen is labelled 2^nd from the right on the 3^rd row. Betsy Allen is on the left of the 5^th row and Polly Allen on the right of the 5^th row.

Newsclippings & Notes:

• W0227b: Timothy Burnett married Elaine Allen at Leeds (1980s?)
• W0974a: Indenture 1876 – places William Allen in one of four cottages in Long Clawson
• W0976: 2^nd & 3^rd May 1832 – indenture of lease and release the release between Thomas Hardy of the first part John Allen of the second part and Thomas Blunt of the third part. Easter Term 2^nd William 4^th Ind. Of Recovery between Thomas Blunt demandant John Allen tenant and Thomas Hardy trouchee.
• W0976: 1^st & 2^nd December 1830 – Ind. Of lease and release the release between William Hardy of the first part John Allen gentleman of the second part and the said William Blunt Fosbrooke of the third part.
• W0977: a Statutory Declaration for the Featherstone family is declared before James Allen ) A Commissioner to Administer Oaths) – 5^th December 1925 in Melton Mowbray.
• History of Methodism: the Chapel in Hickling opens in 1824 [?]; amongst the original 32 members are – Lucy Allen and Pleasant Allen.
• Jan 4^th 1896: At a Tea and Service of Song, solos were rendered by L Allen …
• Feb 22^nd 1896: At a tea and entertainment, W Burton and E Allen gave a dialogue, ‘The Postmaster and the Tramp’.
• July […] 1896: Gardner – Allen At the Parish Church, Hickling, on the 18^th inst (by the Rector) Leonard Joseph eldest son of Mr Timothy Gardner of Kinoulton to Mary, third daughter of Mr Henry Allen of Hickling Lodge.
• July 3^rd 1897: Sunday School Anniversary – Miss E Allen presided over one of the tables.
• Aug 26^th 1899: Flower Show – hopping race, lads under 14, open – won by Jos. Allen (cricket ball).
• March 3^rd 1900: Band of Hope Festival – Edith Allen gave a  recitation, ‘I’ll sign when Father does’.
• Daily Guardian Shilling Fund for wounded soldiers and widows and orphans: Mrs Hy Allen 6d.
• June 30^th 1900: Wesleyan School Anniversary – Mrs H Allen assists with presiding over teas.
• July 6^th 1901: Sunday School Anniversary – Mrs H Allen assists with presiding over teas.
• (undated 1968-72) Mrs Allen is a winner at a Conservative whist drive.
• 1970 Legion Horticultural Show: C Allen is a winner for a miniature garden
• 1974: prize winner at a whist drive for church funds, Mrs Allen
• April 1974: Family mourners at the funeral of Mr Frederick Herbert Wiles of Home Farm included, Mrs D Allen.
• 7^th September 1974: Legion Horticultural Show – J Allen won prizes for needlework and knitting and for painting. E Allen won a prize for chutney and for a sponge sandwich.
• July 1979: Mr D Allen was amongst family mourners at the funeral farmer, Mr TGW Wiles of Long Clawson.
• Feb 1982: Cricket Club Awards – M. Allen won a batting award