The Mann family is incredibly important in the history of Hickling and researching their various records and stories is a very big job! Back in April, we set out to bring everything up to date but there is still so much to do – I have decided to put things to one side for the moment with a view to returning to these studies later in the year.

Meanwhile, there is lots of new Mann family information to explore:

• Mann family page – including full parish and census records, and links to further detailed pages
• The tragic story of Mary Man, an unmarried mother who died tragically in 1720
• The story of William Mann/s who was transported to Australia in 1833 (including the story of his son, the Bushranger Henry Manns

Please contact us if any of these pages raise any questions for you, or if you can add to our existing information – thank you!

Can you help?

We are looking for pictures of Hickling that we could use to create Christmas Cards – do you have any pictures that you would like to share with us? Please send them to info@hicklingnottslocalhistory.com or message, below.

Thank you!!

There is so much crossover between our local villages so we can very much recommend this amazing new book by Tony Jarrow: Cropwell Bishop Street Stories.

It is available as a free download on this link: https://cropwellbishopplan.co.uk/heritage.html

Thank you: The Hickling Local History Group would like to thank the Parish Council for renewing their grant for a further 3 years and for increasing it, too. We are incredibly grateful for this support which covers the costs of our website and helps us to share our archives and research with as many people as possible. Thank you!
 

(22nd Nov 2025) It’s a cold, wet November out there but here’s some September memories to brighten up your day! Our celebratory Scarecrows book has arrived from the printers and copies are ready for you!
25 years of Hickling Scarecrows is a 48-page, full-colour book packed with photos, information and anecdotes – all for £8.
Please contact us to reserve your copy & for details of how to pay plus delivery/collection.

CLICK HERE

Following the sad news that Hickling’s Pre-School is closing at the end of this month we are keen to collect memories of this wonderful group; if you have any memories, photos or articles that you would like to share with us, please post below or send via email.

Thank you!

a talk by Rebecca Gregory

Hickling Village Hall on Friday 14th November at 7.30pm

Hickling has a rich heritage from the Anglo-Saxon, Viking, early mediaeval periods; alongside a talk in Church from Peter Liddle on Oct 4th, you might like to explore our pages covering the history and monuments from this period:

• The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
• The Tree of Life and Mediaeval Cross Slabs
• The Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Scandinavian hogback monument

We have a new page following the great story of Fred Collishaw. He was born in Hickling in 1860 and Fred, his brother and his father were carpenters/joiners. The family moved to the Birmingham area for work when Fred was a teenager. A photograph of the Hickling cricket team in 1863 shows Fred’s father and Fred went on to become a professional cricketer with Warwickshire and scored the first century at the Edgbaston County ground.

Click here.