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Christianity in Hickling.
It is likely that the location of the church and priest’s residence have been located in roughly the same area of the village throughout Hickling’s Christian history. However, their precise locations will have shifted gradually over time; archaeological records identify an Anglo-Saxon/early mediaeval graveyard slightly east of the current church building and this is a possible original location for the early mediaeval monuments now resting in St. Luke’s.
The first church building would probably have been a wooden structure with an earth floor and the congregation would have been served by visiting/nomadic priests. The first recorded rector was Adam, son of Robert de Hicklinge, who was instituted under the patronage of Sir Roger de Hareston on 21 July 1217 and he stayed in Hickling for seventeen years (ref: Chris Granger, A History of Hickling & All its Clergy).
St. Luke’s Oct 2017; showing the older south aisle with pitched roof
The oldest surviving part of the Church building in its current location is the south section; the south aisle has a pitched roof possibly indicating an original stand-alone structure and an older sandstone buttress with stone walls is identifiably different to the mudstone walls of the rest of the building (which, unusually, appears to have been built alongside and attached to this older structure).
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St. Luke’s Parish Church, Hickling (2017/2018)
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
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St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
Tommy 18th April 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
11th November 2018
11th November 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
Tommy 18th April 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
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St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Aug 2017
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St. Luke's Oct 2017
11th November 2018
11th November 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
11th November 2018
11th November 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
Bench Mark on the outside of the Church
Bench Mark on the outside of the Church
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
Mother's Union Banner (St. Luke's Hickling) embroidered by Thomas Starbuck's mother, in his memory.
Mother's Union Banner (St. Luke's Hickling) embroidered by Thomas Starbuck's mother, in his memory.
TBNT 4th May 2018
TBNT 4th May 2018
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Aug 2017
11th November 2018
11th November 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
Cherry Tree turns pink (12/4/2017)
Cherry Tree turns pink (12/4/2017)
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
20th April 2018 midday silhouettes
20th April 2018 midday silhouettes
Tommy 18th April 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
TBNT 4th May 2018
TBNT 4th May 2018
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Aug 2017
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TBNT 4th May 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
Cherry Tree; white blossom (28/3/2017)
Cherry Tree; white blossom (28/3/2017)
11th November 2018
11th November 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's from the canal
St. Luke's from the canal
Cherry Tree; white blossom (28/3/2017)
Cherry Tree; white blossom (28/3/2017)
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
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St. Luke's Aug 2017
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St. Luke's Oct 2017
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St. Luke's Aug 2017
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St. Luke's Oct 2017
Tommy 18th April 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
11th November 2018
11th November 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
Roll of Honour WWI: Church
Roll of Honour WWI: Church
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
Tommy 18th April 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
Black Poplar, Hickling churchyard (2017)
Black Poplar, Hickling churchyard (2017)
St. Luke's from the canal towpath.
St. Luke's from the canal towpath.
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's 20th April 2018
St. Luke's 20th April 2018
11th November 2018
11th November 2018
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
Cherry Tree; white blossom (28/3/2017)
Cherry Tree; white blossom (28/3/2017)
Black Poplar (5th May 2018)
Black Poplar (5th May 2018)
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
War Memorial; Church (pre-restoration in 2018)
War Memorial; Church (pre-restoration in 2018)
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
20th April 2018 midday silhouettes
20th April 2018 midday silhouettes
20th April 2018 midday silhouettes
20th April 2018 midday silhouettes
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Parish Church
St. Luke's Parish Church
Tommy 18th April 2018
Tommy 18th April 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
20th April 2018 midday silhouettes
20th April 2018 midday silhouettes
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Aug 2017
Bench Mark on the outside of the Church
Bench Mark on the outside of the Church
War Memorial: St. Luke's (restored Nov 2018)
War Memorial: St. Luke's (restored Nov 2018)
St. Luke's Aug 2017
St. Luke's Aug 2017
Mother's Union Banner (St. Luke's Hickling) embroidered by Thomas Starbuck's mother, in his memory.
Mother's Union Banner (St. Luke's Hickling) embroidered by Thomas Starbuck's mother, in his memory.
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
TBNT 4th May 2018
TBNT 4th May 2018
St. Luke's, Hickling.
St. Luke's, Hickling.
St. Luke's 20th April 2018
St. Luke's 20th April 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
11th November 2018
11th November 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
TBNT Open Days 4th & 5th May 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
TBNT 4th May 2018
TBNT 4th May 2018
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
St. Luke's Oct 2017
Church Tower Photos (4/11/2020)
St. Luke's Hickling, Church Tower (04/11/20)
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