Please note: Family pages are organised by surname; however, this does not mean that all those people featured are related to each other. Where possible we will try to be clear about any connections there may be.

The Dickman family name runs through Hickling village history, possibly continuously, since at least 1698 (the earliest entry in the Parish Registers). However, no male members of the family appear in the Hickling Protestation Returns of 1642, which implies that the surname arrived/emerged in Hickling in the late 1600s and the majority of records appear in the 1800s. Unsurprisingly, marriages between established village families means that members of the Dickman family also regularly appear in other village family histories.

Contents:

• The origin of the surname, Dickman
• In the Hickling Parish Registers
  • Baptisms
  • Marriages
  • Burials
• Hickling Churchyard: surviving Dickman family headstones
• Census Records for the Dickman family in Hickling
• A History of Hickling by Chris Granger (refs)
• Miscellaneous references (chronological)
• The Wadkin Archive:
  • Book extracts
  • Gallery
  • Newspaper articles

CLICK HERE: Michael and Gertrude Mary (Dickman) Nichols – Dickman family archive

Origin of the surname, Dickman

It is believed that the origin of the name ‘Dickman’ is ‘ditch man’ – a man who digs ditches although it may also derive from the ‘servant of Dick’ (Richard). The name appears to have origins and variations in Britain, Germany and the Netherlands.

In the Hickling Parish Registers:

(These records include entries up to 1900; entries after this date are available but haven’t yet been transcribed)

Baptisms.

Ann – Francis DICKMAN – Ann – 1819 07 19 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Frameworker
Ann – John DICKMAN – Susana – 1800 01 29 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Anne – Francis DICKMAN – Mary – 1698 02 06 – HICKLING St Luke
Anne – Francis DICKMAN – Anne – 1821 02 27 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Labourer
Anne – Robert DICKMAN – Sarah – 1745 05 12 – HICKLING St Luke
Anne – Robt. DICKMAN – Eliz. – 1765 03 03 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Anne – Willm. DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1804 08 26 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Charles – Robert DICKMAN – Eliza – 1846 05 24 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Shoemaker
Charls – Francis DICKMAN – Mary – 1708 10 24 – HICKLING St Luke
Eliz. – John DICKMAN – Susannah – 1790 09 25 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Elizabeth – Francis DICKMAN – Mary – 1711 11 18 – HICKLING St Luke
Elizabeth – Francis DICKMAN – Ann – 1807 03 16 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Elizabeth – Francis DICKMAN – Anne – 1824 02 15 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Frameworker
Elizabeth – William DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1813 09 12 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Framework knitter
Emily – Charles DICKMAN – Anne – 1872 09 15 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Labourer
Emma – William DICKMAN – Sarah – 1849 11 04 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Labourer
Francis – Francis DICKMAN – Mary – 1703 02 21 – HICKLING St Luke
Francis – Francis DICKMAN – Ann – 1811 06 26 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Francis – Robert DICKMAN – Sarah – 1743 02 13 – HICKLING St Luke
Francis – Robert DICKMAN – Eliza – 1851 11 02 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Cordwainer
Francis – Robt. DICKMAN – Eliz. – 1783 02 23 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Francis – William DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1800 10 12 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Harriott – Robert DICKMAN – Eliza – 1843 08 06 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Shoemaker
Henry – Robert DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1841 03 29 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Shoemaker
Henry – William DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1816 03 10 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Frameworker
Jane – Francis DICKMAN – Ann – 1812 12 03 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Jane – Francis DICKMAN – Ann – 1815 03 28 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Frameworker
John – Francis DICKMAN – Mary – 1700 03 03 – HICKLING St Luke
John – Francis DICKMAN – Ann – 1816 09 08 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Frameworker
John – Robert DICKMAN – 1733 02 07 – HICKLING St Luke
John – Robert DICKMAN – Eliz. – 1762 07 28 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
John – William DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1818 11 01 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Frameworker
John – Henry Charles DICKMAN – Anne – 1879 09 21 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Labourer
Letitia – Charles DICKMAN – Anne – 1875 09 19 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Labourer
Lucy Anne – Charles DICKMAN – Anne – 1872 09 15 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Labourer
Mary – Francis DICKMAN – Mary – 1716 04 15 – HICKLING St Luke
Mary – Francis DICKMAN – Ann – 1810 04 27 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Mary – John DICKMAN – Susana – 1794 06 01 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Mary – Robert DICKMAN – 1734 12 12 – HICKLING St Luke – Tailor
Mary – Robert DICKMAN – Sarah – 1740 02 17 – HICKLING St Luke
Naomi – Francis DICKMAN – Ann – 1812 12 03 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Naomi – William DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1809 01 22 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Robert – Charles DICKMAN – Anne – 1877 11 04 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Labourer
Robert – Francis DICKMAN – Mary – 1706 01 30 – HICKLING St Luke
Robert – Francis DICKMAN – Ann – 1808 06 02 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Robert – Robert DICKMAN – Sarah – 1737 10 13 – HICKLING St Luke
Robert – Robert DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1773 06 20 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Robert – Robert DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1855 06 24 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Shoemaker
Robert – William DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1811 02 03 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Samuel – William DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1822 06 30 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Framework knitter
Sarah – Francis DICKMAN – Mary – 1719 07 05 – HICKLING St Luke
Sarah – Robt. DICKMAN – Sarah – 1748 09 04 – HICKLING St Luke
Sarah – William DICKMAN – Anne – “1834 06 08 /1834 04 23” – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Boatman
William – Francis DICKMAN – Mary – 1715 03 13 – HICKLING St Luke
William – Robert DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1778 04 23 – St Luke Hickling
William – William DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1803 07 10 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling
William – Wm. DICKMAN – Elizabeth – 1806 11 30 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling

Lucy daughter of Letitia DICKMAN – 1895 11 03 – HICKLING St Luke Hickling – Single woman

Marriages

DICKMAN Charles – WRIGHT Anne – 1869 07 27 – HICKLING St Luke
DICKMAN Francis – CASTLEDINE Ann – 1803 07 10 – HICKLING St Luke
DICKMAN Henry – CORNER Ann – 1870 10 05 – HICKLING St Luke
DICKMAN John – HOLT Susannah – 1789 11 23 – HICKLING St Luke
DICKMAN John – DOUBLEDAY Sarah Ellen – 1896 12 29 – HICKLING St Luke
DICKMAN Robert – KIRK Elizabeth – 1760 11 27 – HICKLING St Luke
DICKMAN Robert – MANN Elizabeth – 1772 06 09 – HICKLING St Luke
DICKMAN Robert – PARR Elizabeth – 1825 04 25 – HICKLING St Luke
DICKMAN Robert – HENSTOCK Elizabeth – 1840 12 06 – HICKLING St Luke
DICKMAN William – CASTLEDINE Elizabeth – 1797 11 28 – HICKLING St Luke

BEESTON Thomas – DICKMAN Elizabeth – 1738 04 17 – HICKLING St Luke
CORNER Daniel – DICKMAN Anne – 1828 07 07 – HICKLING St Luke
MARSON John – DICKMAN Mary – 1814 12 26 – HICKLING St Luke
NEWTON Frederick – DICKMAN Harriett – 1895 07 02 – HICKLING St Luke
PARE William – DICKMAN Sarah – 1773 03 15 – HICKLING St Luke
PARR John – DICKMAN Emma – 1870 09 26 – HICKLING St Luke
SAUNDERS John – DICKMAN Mary – 1809 06 24 – HICKLING St Luke
SMITH William – DICKMAN Naomi – 1829 11 28 – HICKLING St Luke
WHITE William – DICKMAN Jane – 1850 12 08 – HICKLING St Luke
WRIGHT William – DICKMAN Ann – 1819 11 23 – HICKLING St Luke

Burials

William DICKMAN 1715 03 16 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Son of Francis & Mary
Francis DICKMAN 1719 12 26 HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Widdow DICKMAN 1722 04 23 HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Sarah DICKMAN 1723 07 28 HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Mary DICKMAN 1733 04 09 HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Mary DICKMAN 1735 01 23 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Dau of Robt.
Francis DICKMAN 1745 07 14 HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Mary DICKMAN 1756 05 07 HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Sarah DICKMAN 1765 03 17 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Wife of Robt.
Elizabeth DICKMAN 1771 07 21 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Wife of Robert
Margaret DICKMAN 1776 04 29 Inf HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Francis DICKMAN 1779 10 24 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Bachelor
John DICKMAN 1790 11 24 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Son of Widow Dickman. Pauper
Robert DICKMAN 1793 03 29 HICKLING St Luke Hickling
William DICKMAN 1803 09 21 Inf HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Jane DICKMAN 1813 03 11 4m HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Margaret DICKMAN 1814 02 22 70 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Robert DICKMAN 1816 03 04 77 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Elizabeth DICKMAN 1817 10 30 72 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
John DICKMAN 1818 07 29 2 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
John DICKMAN 1820 03 14 58 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Ann DICKMAN 1820 05 01 9m HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Elizabeth DICKMAN 1821 08 08 14 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
John DICKMAN 1822 10 20 Inf HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Samuel DICKMAN 1822 12 06 Inf HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Anne DICKMAN 1823 01 26 1 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Elizabeth DICKMAN 1826 11 30 47 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
John DICKMAN 1827 03 14 Inf HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Mary DICKMAN 1831 07 19 21 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Susannah DICKMAN 1838 01 14 74 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Sarah DICKMAN 1840 09 22 6 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling Scarlet Fever
Robert DICKMAN 1841 10 15 71 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Robert DICKMAN 1843 01 17 Inf HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Naomi DICKMAN 1843 10 25 30 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Elizabeth DICKMAN 1845 12 28 65 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Francis DICKMAN 1846 10 23 35 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
William DICKMAN 1849 03 19 70 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Francis DICKMAN 1851 01 04 67 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Ann DICKMAN 1855 03 04 72 HICKLING St Luke Hickling Hickling
Sarah DICKMAN 1857 06 22 44 HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Harriet DICKMAN 1865 05 14 22 HICKLING St Luke Hickling came home ill
Robert DICKMAN 1869 12 08 58 HICKLING St Luke Hickling paralysis
Henry DICKMAN 1870 07 27 54 HICKLING St Luke Hickling paralysis
Eliza DICKMAN 1875 04 04 55 HICKLING St Luke Hickling apoplexy
Henry DICKMAN 1876 12 17 5 HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Lucy Ann DICKMAN 1887 12 20 16 HICKLING St Luke Hickling
Ann DICKMAN 1899 04 04 63 HICKLING St Luke Hickling

Burials in Hickling Cemetery:

• Jessica Dickman – address; Hickling – age 77 – date of burial 5.1.63 – plot no. 12
• Doris Elizabeth Dickman – Highfield Farm, Long Clawson – 73 – 9.7.74 – 36
• Frederick John Dickman – Long Clawson – 86 – 36

Hickling Churchyard: surviving Dickman family headstones

Census Records.

Census 1841: Hickling

Family 1:

• Francis Dickman – Male – 55 – 1786 – Nottinghamshire
• Ann – Dickman – Female – 55 – 1786 – Nottinghamshire
• Naomi Dickman – Female – 25 – 1816 – Nottinghamshire
• Jane Dickman – Female – 20 – 1821 – Nottinghamshire
• Elizabeth Dickman – Female – 15 – 1826 – Nottinghamshire

Family 2:

• William Dickman – Male – 60 – 1781 – Nottinghamshire
• Ann Dickman – Female – 40 – 1801 – –
• William Dickman – Male – 30 – 1811 – Nottinghamshire
• Henry Dickman – Male – 25 – 1816 – Nottinghamshire
• Alfred Clarke – Male – 10 – 1831 – Nottinghamshire

Family 3:

• Robert Dickman – Male – 30 – 1811 – Nottinghamshire
• Eliza Dickman – Female – 20 – 1821 – Nottinghamshire
• Henry Dickman – Male – 0 – 1841 – Nottinghamshire
• Ann Hemstock – Female – 20 – 1821 – Nottinghamshire

Family 4:

• Elizabeth Parr – Female – 90 – 1751        –
• Robert Dickman – Male – 70 – 1771        –
• Elizabeth Dickman – Female – 60 – 1781 – Nottinghamshire

Census 1851: Hickling

Family 1:

• Ann Dickman – Head – Widow – Female – 68 – 1783 – Pauper – Harby, Leicestershire
• Elizabeth Dickman – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 26 – 1825 – Tambourer – Harby, Nottinghamshire

Family 2?

• Henry Dickman – Head – Unmarried – Male – 34 – 1817 – Warfinger – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Anne Dickman – Mother in law – Widow – Female – 49 – 1802 – Housekeeper – Broughton, Leicestershire

Family 3:

• Robert Dickman – Head – Married – Male – 39 – 1812 – Cordwainer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Eliza Dickman – Wife – Married – Female – 32 – 1819 – – Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire
• Henry Dickman – Son – – – Male – 10 – 1841 – –                Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Harriett Dickman – Daughter – – Female – 7 – 1844 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Charles Dickman – Son – – Male – 5 – 1846 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Edward Dickman – Son – – Male – 2 – 1849 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Family 5:

• William Dickman – Head – Married – Male – 47 – 1804 – Boatman – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Sarah Dickman – Wife – Married – Female – 36 – 1815 – – Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire
• Emmy Dickman – Daughter – – Female – 1 – 1850 – – Hickling,

Census 1861

Family 1 Hickling Village:

• William Mellington – Head – Widower – Male – 70 – 1791 – Grazier – Nottinghamshire
• Elizabeth Dickman – Housekeeper – Unmarried – Female – 37 – 1824 – Housekeeper         – Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Family – linked to 3 (Hickling Pastures):

• Thomas Ruge – Head – Married – Male – 43 – 1818 – Farmer – 300 acres – Heage, Derbyshire
• Caroline Ruge – Wife – Married – Female – 42 – 1819 – – Derby, Derbyshire
• Henry Pitchard Raynor – Son – Unmarried – Male – 15 – 1846 – Farmers son – Nottingham
• Caroline Raynor – Daughter – – Female – 12 – 1849 – Scholar – Nottingham
• Isabella Brown – Servant – Unmarried – Female – 22 – 1839 – House servant – Broughton, Leicestershire
• George Richmond – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 20 – 1841 – Carter – Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire
• Robert  Parker – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 17 – 1844 – Carter – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Edward Dickman – Servant – – Male – 12 – 1849 – Plough boy – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• William Fishing – Servant – – Male – 12 – 1849 – Plough boy – Broughton, Nottinghamshire

Family 3 Hickling Village:

• Robert  Dickman Head – Married – Male – 50 – 1811 – Cordwainer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Eliza Dickman – Wife – Married – Female – 42 – 1819 –   – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Francis Dickman – Son – Male – 10 – 1851 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Robert Dickman – Son – Male – 6 – 1855 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• George Dickman – Son – – Male – 4 – 1857 – Scholar – Hickling

Family 5 Hickling Village:

• William Dickman – Head – Widower – Male – 54 – 1807 – Boatman – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Emma Dickman – Daughter – – Female – 11 – 1850 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Census 1871

Family 2? Hickling – street

• John Parr – Head – Male – 20 – 1851 – Farmer? – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Emma Parr – Wife – – Female – 21 – 1850 – Wife – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Ann Dickman – Lodger  – Female – 71 – 1800 – Retired widow – Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Family (linked to 3) Hickling – street

• Septimus Corner – Head – Male – 73 – 1798 – Cottager – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Mary Corner – Wife – – Female – 63 – 1808 – Wife – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Henery Dickman – Son-in-law – Male – 30 – 1841 – Cottager – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Ann Dickman – Daughter – – Female – 35 – 1836 – Cottagers wife – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• William Corner – Grandson – – Male – 5 – 1866 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Family (linked to 3) Hickling – street

• John Wright – Head – – Male – 49 – 1822 – Agr labourer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Ann Wright – Wife – – Female – 49 – 1822 – Wife – Wartnaby, Leicestershire
• George Wright – Son – – Male – 15 – 1856 – Gardener – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Thomas Wright – Son – – Male – 14 – 1857 – Plough driver – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Elizabeth Wright – Daughter – – Female – 9 – 1862 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• James Wright – Son – – Male – 6 – 1865 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Charles Dickman – Son in law – lodger – – Male – 25 – 1846 – Labourer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Ann Dickman – Daughter – – Female – 21 – 1850 – Wife – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Harriott Dickman – Granddaughter – – Female – 1 – 1870 – Dau – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Lucy Ann Dickman – Granddaughter – Female – 0 – 1871 – Far -Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Family 6 Hickling street: (a slightly odd single entry between the families at Weir House and the Navigation Inn – no record in 1861)

• John Dickman – son – 1857 – 14 – plow driver – Hickling

Census 1881

Dickman family records have been mis-transcribed in this (for example, as Dickerson) on FMP; initial searches brought no results but there is clear continuity between 1871 and 1891. Searching the original census returns:

Family 3 (linked to) – see 1871

• Wright household includes: Harriet Dickman – niece – age 11 – scholar – Hickling

Family 7 (linked to 3) Hickling Main Street

• Mary Corner – Head – Widow – Female – 73 – 1808 – Annuitant – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Henry Dickman – Son in law – Married – Male – 40 – 1841 – Grazier – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Ann Dickman – Daughter – Married – Female – 44 – 1837 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• John Dickman – Grandson – Single – Male – 9 – 1872 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• William Corner – Grandson – Single – Male – 15 – 1866 – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Elizabeth Dickman – Servant – Single – Female – 17 – 1864 – General servant – Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Census 1891

Family 7 (linked to 3) Hickling Main Street

• Henry Dickman – Head – Married – Male – 50 – 1841 – Farmer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Ann Dickman – Wife – Married – Female – 55 – 1836 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• John Dickman – Son – Single – Male – 19 – 1872 – Farmers son – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• William Corner – Nephew – Single – Male – 25 – 1866 – Farmers nephew – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Elizabeth Dickman – Servant – Single – Female – 27 – 1864 – General servant domestic – Hickling, Nottinghamshire (see also, 1881 – no apparent links to earlier Hickling families, above; doesn’t appear to be Elizabeth Dickman, family 1, 1824 – age clearly recorded as 7 on the original document).

Family 8 (linked to 3) Hickling, Front Street

• Charles Dickman – Head – Married – Male – 45 – 1846 – Canal labourer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Ann Dickman – Wife – Married – Female – 41 – 1850 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Robert Dickman – Son – Single – Male – 14 – 1877 – Farm labourer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• John H  Dickman – Son – Single – Male – 12 – 1879 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Jessie Dickman – Daughter – Single – Female – 5 – 1886 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Lily Dickman – Daughter – Single – Female – 3 – 1888 Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Family – linked to 3; Mill Lane, Hickling

• John Wright – Head – Married – Male – 69 – 1822 – Farm labourer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Lucy Wright – Wife – Married – Female – 68 – 1823 – – Wartnaby, Leicestershire
• Harriett Dickman – Granddaughter – Single – Female – 21 – 1870 – Dressmaker – Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Census 1901

Family 8 Hickling, Main Street

• Charles Dickman – Head – Married – Male – 55                – 1846 – Canal labourer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Ann Dickman – Wife – Married – Female – 51 – 1850 – –            Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Letitia Dickman – Daughter – Single – Female – 27 – 1874 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Jessie K Dickman – Daughter – Single – Female – 15 – 1886 – –             Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Lillie Dickman – Daughter – Single – Female – 12 – 1889 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Charles F Dickman – Son – Single – Male – 3 – 1898 – –            Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Lucy Dickman – Grand daughter – Single – Female – 5 – 1896 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Lucy Wright – Mother-in-law – Widow – Female – 78 – 1823 – –             Wartnaby, Leicestershire
• Frances Farnsworth – Boarder – Single – Male – 24 – 1877 – Joiner – Nottinghamshire

Family 7,  Hickling village [known to be Beech House]:

• Henry Dickman – Head – Widower – Male – 60 – 1841 – Grazier – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• John Dickman – Son – Married – Male – 29 – 1872 – Farmer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Sarah E Dickman – Wife – Married – Female – 33 – 1868 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Margaret A Dickman – Sons daur – Single – Female – 0 – 1901 – – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Phoebe Wakerley – Servant – Single – Female – 18 – 1883 – Gen serv (dom) – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Samuel Simpson – Servant – Single – Male – 17 – 1884 – Cowman on farm – Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire

Census 1911.

Family 7, Beech House, Hickling:

• John Dickman – Head – – Male – 39 – 1872 – Farmer – Hickling Notts
• Sarah Ellen Dickman – Wife – – Female – 43 – 1868 – – Hickling Notts
• Fredrick John Dickman – Son – – Male – 5 – 1906 – – Hickling Notts
• Frank Wright – Servant – Single – Male – 16 – 1895 – Farm labourer – Hickling Notts
• Mary Ann Scarborough – Servant – Single – Female – 16 – 1895 – General domestic servant – Long Clawson, Leics

Family 8 Church Gates, Hickling

• Ann Dickman – Head – Widow – Female – 61 – 1850 – Grocer – Notts Hickling
• Jessie Reziah Dickman – Daughter – Single – Female – 25 – 1886 – Home duties – Hickling

Family 8 (linked?) Cromwell Hse, Hickling

• Susannah Shelton – Head – Widow – Female – 52 – 1859 – Grazier – Hickling Notts
• Mary Elizabeth  Shelton – Daughter – Single – Female – 23 – 1888 – Grazier’s daughter dairy work  Hickling Notts
• Frank Dickman – Servant – – Male – 13 – 1898 – Farm labourer – Hickling Notts (possibly, Charles F Dickman 1901?)

Census 1921

Family 7, Beech House, Hickling:

• John      Dickman             Head     Male      1871      49                England               Farmer Own Account
• Sarah Ellen         Dickman             Wife       Female 1873                48           England               Home Duties     –
• Frederick John  Dickman             Son        Male      1905                16           England               Assisting Father House Farm

Family 8 The Shop Hickling

• Ann Dickman – Head – Female – 1849 – 71 – Hickling, Nottinghamshire – House Hold Duties – Own Account
• Jessie Keziah Dickman – Daughter – Female – 1885 – 35 – Hickling, Nottinghamshire – Home Duties

1939 Register

• (The Rectory) Jessie K Dickman – 11/9/1885 – single – unpaid domestic duties

(Chapel Lane, Hickling):

• Wilfred Herings Parr – 06 Dec 1907 – Male – Insurance Agent – Married
• Winifred Hannah Dickman (Parr) – 23 Jun 1909 – Female – Unpaid Domestic Duties – Married      2
• (The record for this person is officially closed.)
• Gershom Parr – 27 May 1875 – Male – House Painter – Widowed

A History of Hickling by Chris Granger:

• Stamford Mercury Fri 28 May 1824 (original source article not found): William Dickman bp 30.4.1806 wkes, Hickling, in the same county. The bridegroom is upwards of 70 years of age, and the bride 21. Immediately after the ceremony, the happy pair set off in the Colonel’s carriage for town […].
• On 13 June 1825, a terrier was prepared detailing the church property: Item  The Great and small tithes of Twenty Messuages or tenements in the several possessions of John Wright, William Dickman, Joseph Bampton, William Wilford, John Wright,  William Dickman, Joseph Spencer,  John Gill,  John  Holmes, an house in the possession of the Parish formerly Mark Hintle, William Swain, John Shipman, William Spencer, Elizabeth Morill, George Chapman, Richard Coply, Richard Copley, George Mann, Hugh Sutton and an allotment of Land about five Roods the property of William Dickman. 
• Hickling Property 1856 (source to be confirmed):
  • Henry Dickman – owner – house and wharf – Top of Village – Wharfinger – £5.00.00
  • Henry Dickman – owner – 5 houses – Bottom of Village – £12.10.00
  • Henry Dickman – owner – land – Town End – 2 acres – £3.12.00
  • Henry Dickman – Exors of Brett – land – Broughton Lane – 3 acres 2 roods – £5.19.00
  • Henry Dickman – George Walker – land – Broughton Lane – 3 acres 2 rood £4.00.00
  • Rippon and Dickman – George Mann – 2 houses – Village – £3.04.00
• William Dickman; churchwarden 1923-1928

Miscellaneous references (chronological):

• 1813: William Wiles (baptised Stapleford, Leics in 1790) married Elizabeth Dickman (baptised Hickling 28th September 1790) on the 25th November 1813 in Melton Mowbray. Both were resident in Sysonby, Leics at the time of their marriage and they seem to move around before settling in Hickling (Scalford and Long Clawson). They have 7 children; John (died as a baby), George, William, Elizabeth Anne, Mary Anne, Thomas and John.  
• (document held with the Deeds for Old Mill Cottage) Ann Dickman married William Wright on 23rd November 1819 in Hickling; both are said to be residents of Headon-cum-Upton although this is likely to be a transcription error. Witnesses are Elizabeth Shipman and William Wiles (probably Ann’s brother-in-law) – Old Mill Cottage/Ivy Cottage/Virginia Cottage: 1838 declaration
• Nottingham review Feb 24 1832. On the 22^nd inst. Robert Dickman was committed by Thomas Nixon, Esq. to the said House of Correction, to be hold to hard labour for three months, for non-payment of a sum of money to the parish of Hickling, in a case of bastardy.
• Nottinghamshire Guardian March 1 1855. Robert Dickman of Cropwell Butler was charged by the overseers of Hickling, with neglecting to pay one shilling weekly towards the support of his aged mother. He paid the expenses and promised in future to pay the above amount weekly.
• [Truth and the Article Club May 1902] Suicide by Hanging at Hickling. Mr D Whittingham, District Coroner, this afternoon held an inquiry concerning the death of Henry Dickman, farmer, of Hickling, at the residence of the deceased. The deceased, who was a widower, 61 years of age, had been an inmate of the Nottingham City Asylum for four months up to Friday last, when his son fetched him home. On Saturday he was found hanging by a rope from a beam in the cowshed. The jury returned a verdict 2That the deceased committed suicide whilst of unsound mind.” And added “that the fact that the deceased was only discharged from the Nottingham City Asylum on the day preceding his death showed that great caution should be exercised in the discharge of asylum patients.”
• April 5th 1902: Accident – On Tuesday morning last, Mr H Rippon, when going to work about five o’clock in the morning, discovered a horse impaled on the iron fence which encloses one corner of Mr Geo. Collishaw’s home field. At first it was thought the animal was owned by one of the village people, but it was afterwards found to belong to some furniture removal contractors, of Nottingham. The owners had been over to Hickling the previous day to arrange for the removal of the schoolmaster’s goods, and the animal, by the kindness of Mr John Dickman was put in his stable for the night. The horse was not tied up and during the night broke the stable doors open and for some time wandered in the street. Help was received and soon Mr W Barratt and others were at work; poles and pullies were set up and the horse was lifted off the point of the fence. Upon its liberation, the horse made a plunge forward and the poles pulleys and chains fell over and knocked to the ground a man named Arthur Parr who was rendering willing help, injuring him severely. Medical aid was as soon as possible secured, but the patient still lies in a critical condition. Great sympathy is felt for the sufferer and quite a gloom was cast over the village by the melancholy event. The horse was a valuable one, but was so much injured that it was necessary to shoot it and end its suffering.
• November 24th 1906: Came Astray, on October 27th, Five Sheep. Owner can have them by paying all expenses. – Apply, John Dickman, Hickling, Melton Mowbray.
• WWI 1914-1918 Roll of Honour: Fred Dickman
• Grantham Journal 2nd April 1932: Eastertide. Services were held on Good Friday and the offerings were for the Diocesan Rescue and Preventative Work. On Sunday the services began with Holy Communion at 5.30am. the choir contributed an anthem, “This is the Day” which was very much appreciated. The annual vestry meeting was held on Monday and the Churchwardens, messrs R Daft and J Dickman were re-elected. The Rector and Mrs Dannatt are now away for a short holiday and on Sunday next the Rev JHR Wood Vicar of Cropwell Bishop, will conduct worship at three o’clock.
• Grantham Journal 1st May 1937: Funeral. – The death occurred on Monday of Mrs Constance Mary Woolley, wife of Mr Edward Woolley aged 63 years. Much sympathy has gone out to the widower, two sons and a daughter in their loss. The funeral took place on Thursday, Canon Ashmall and the Rev L Foster officiating. Two favourite hymns, “Rock of Ages” and “Jesu, Lover of my Soul” were sung, Miss Corner accompanying at the organ. The church was filled with relatives and friends. Beautiful floral tributes were sent by Joe, Bert and family; EM Armstrong; Tom, Alice and children; Mrs Toft and daughters; Mrs J Dickman; Doris and Fred; Miss Daft and Nellie; Fred and Mary; Mrs Daft and Son; Dad and Bessie; Mr and Mrs Dudeney;  Harold and Mary; Olga and Howard; Miss Jessie Burton; Kate Wiles and family;, Kinoulton; Dot; Frank Copley; Mr and Mrs Whittaker; Mabel and Tom Munks; Annie and Dolly; Leonard, Lillie and family; Richard and family; women’s section of the British Legion; Richard and family; and members of Hickling Mothers’ Union.
• Grantham Journal 23rd September 1939: Laid to Rest. – The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Charlotte Mann took place at Queniborough on Monday. Deceased was the third daughter of the late Mr Samuel Daft Doubleday and was 68 years of age. Her husband predeceased her some years ago. Chief mourners were Mr W Mann son; Mrs Dickman, Hose, and Mrs T Wiles, Hickling, sisters; Mr and Mrs S Doubleday. Mr B Doubleday, Long Clawson, Mr and Mrs Tom Munks, Old Dalby, Mr Tom Wiles, Harby, Fred, Dorothy, Madge and Eva Wiles, Hickling, Florrie and May Doubleday, Long Clawson; Mr C Munks, brother-in-law; Miss Munks, Miss Stokes and Miss P Shelton. There were many floral tributes.

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Scrapbook of Hickling.

• (p.19)  May 1902 Mr Henry Dickman aged 61 years was found hanging in an outbuilding of his home Beech House. He had been a patient in Nottingham City Asylum for three months.
• (p.31) The Plough. This public house has survived as such to the present day and the photograph below shows it at the time of the First World War. Photo (caption) Tommy Watchorn (Crutchy) Donnie Simpson (?) Frank Dickman, Mr. Widdowson (Publican) Original photograph crumpled as it was sent to Tom Munks in France during the 1st World War.
• (p.49 photo caption) Mrs. Dickman and daughter Jessie Note the shop window – late 1920’s or early 1930’s
• (p.52 photo caption) Photo Circa 1895 Outside the butcher’s shop – Rose Cottage Charlie & Albert Simpson, Bert Woolley, George Simpson(Owner) Mrs . Sarah Ann Simpson Lettie Dickman, Ida Simpson, Fred Parr, Cecil Simpson, Emmie Simpson, Lily Simpson, Donnie & Rowley Simpson Butcher’s shop and buildings taken down around 1963.
• (p.54 photo caption)  Jessie and Mrs Dickman early 1920’s
• (p.62) Parish Council
  • March 1898 At a Parish meeting the following gentlemen were duly elected members of the Parish Council, viz ., Messrs. G. H. Collishaw, Charles Dickman, Henry Dickman, Thos. Drake, William Mason, Jos . Parr and Geo. Simpson.
  • March 1904 Seven nominations, the required number were handed in, the following were declared re – elected, George Henry Collishaw, James Wright Collishaw, Chas. Dickman, John Dickman, Thomas Drake, William Marvin, and Joseph Parr, Mr. George Henry Collishaw was re – elected District Councillor.
  • March 1907 The Rector (The Rev. F. J. Ashmall) presided and the following persons were duly elected to form the Parish Council. Messrs. Geo. H. Collishaw, Jas. W. Collishaw, Chas. Dickman, John Dickman, Thos Drake, Wm Mann and Jos. Parr Mr G. H. Collishaw was re-elected District Councillor.
  • March 1922 The following were re – elected for the Parish Council. Messrs. J. W. Colli shaw, John Dickman , Thos . C. Rose, Alwyn F. Shel ton, Thos. G. Wiles, L. M. Woolley and H. W. Woolley. Mr. John Dickman was re – elected District Councillor.
• (p.66) Lane Letting. May 1925 – Broughton Lane (Mr. J. Dickman) £1.10s.0d Clawson Lane (Mr. T.G. Wiles) 10/-. Bridegate lane (Mr. E.Salt) £4. Green Lane and Folly Hall Lane (Mrs. N. Marriott) £2. 5s. 0d and 1/-.
• (p.75 photo caption) Photo. Hickling Board School 1900. Polly            Kate       Lily                 Edith       Elizabeth           Lily                     Louisa          Ethel Shelton    Parr      Dickman       Burnett     Salt                   Faulks               Buxton         Drake                             (Mrs.Smith)                   (Mrs.Boswell)   (Mrs.Woolley)                     (Mrs. Shelton) […]
• (p.77 photo caption) Photo Hickling School Circa 1913. […] Front row – Owen Shelton, Ivy Simpson, Wilfred Parr, Margaret Simpson , Tom Wiles, Cyril Paget, Fred Dickman, Ted Parnham, Rex Heaford, Leonard Parnham.
• (p.79 photo caption) Photo Hickling Council School Between 1919-1922 Emma Starbuck (Pupil teacher), Miss.V.L.Hilliard (Head-mistress), Fred Wiles, Tom Wiles, Muriel Shelton, Miriam Squires (S.Barnes), Lucy Collishaw, Maggie Simpson  (J.Wadkin), Ivy Simpson (W.Wells), Katie Spencer, Kathleen Parr, Doris Eggleston, Claud Crump, Wilfred Parr Walter Risley, Frank Crump, Slater Shelton, Olive Keyworth, Ida Shelton (F.Baxter), Olive Squires (Stubbs), Irene Keyworth, Ted Parnham, Fred Dickman, Effie Hill (Pupil Teacher), Miss.Camm (Infant Teacher) Ida Herrick (Pupil Teacher)
• (p.91) Notes on Property. May 1908 Sale by auction at ‘ The Wheel Inn ‘ at 4 for 5 o’clock the estate of G. H. Collishaw deceased. […] Lot 7. Brick and slated dwelling house situated in Main Street and 3 cottages adjoining with orchard and small paddock about 3 roods fronting to Main Street and Bridegate Lane in the occupation of Messrs. Corner, Squires, Parr and Collishaw producing an annual rent of £27.10s Bought by Mr. J. Dickman for £405
• (p.99) Beech House. Beech House has quite a story to its past during this century. In 1902 the owner Mr. Henry Dickman hanged himself in the outbuildings, the family, John H. then son Fred continued to live in the house until it was sold around 1935 to Mr. and Mrs. E. Whittaker. Mr. Whittaker murdered a woman in Nottingham around 1944/45, was found guilty of manslaughter and given a two year prison sentence. He returned to live in Hickling until selling the property around 1950 to a Mr. and Mrs. Dodsworth who carried out extensive interior renovations before moving in. Unfortunately, Mr. Dodsworth died before taking up residence and again the property was sold. Mr. and Mrs. Duxbury bought the house, outbuildings and land and Mrs. Duxbury’s sister Mrs. Swanwick and her husband shared the house. Mr. Swanwick kept hunters and was one day kicked in the stomach and died in 1951 as a result of the accident. Mr.& Mrs. Noel Bogue followed in 1958/60. Mr. Bogue died and Mrs. Bogue offered the house for sale by auction in April 1967, but it didn’t reach the reserve price of £6,500 and was withdrawn.

Hickling: Reflections of Yesteryear.

• (p.18) Sunday school was held in the day school after which the children walked down to Church for the morning service. Following the arrival of Canon Ashmall in 1905 the Sunday school was held in the men’s institute in the morning and the Church in the afternoon. For the Summer treat, as the outing was always called, the Sunday school children were taken by horses and carts to Nottingham where they transferred to steamers on the Trent to their destination of Colwick Park. Other treats followed during the summer, to Belvoir Castle and Bunny Park. In later years these treats were held on the Rectory lawn and took the form of tea and games. The following day a flower and egg service was held in the Church, the gifts were then taken to Nottingham General Hospital. At Christmastime mothers of the Sunday school children were invited to tea held in the institute when crackers were pulled. Prizes were then awarded according to yearly marks. On Shrove Tuesday the children were given an orange which was indeed a great pleasure. For children attending the Methodist Chapel, the Sunday school commenced at ten o ‘ clock where Mr. Alwyn Shelton was the superintendent. The highlight of the year was the Sunday school anniversary held on the last Sunday in June. The platform was erected in three tiers on which the children sat in their very best or new clothes. The girls wearing a new ribbon in their hair. The Chapel was packed with people both for the afternoon and evening services with extra forms placed along the aisles and in the porch. The following day, which was a half day hOliday from school, a children’s tea was held in the Chapel schoolroom, any children from the village were invited to attend. This was followed by a public tea at five o ‘ clock. Games took place in Home Close, Mr. Dickman’s field opposite Clawson Lane. The children of both Sunday schools felt extremely proud the day they were considered old enough to join the adult choirs in their respective Churches. Mr. Alwyn Shelton ran a choral society which he conducted with Miss Hilda Brooks (later Mrs. Harold Burnett) playing either the organ or piano. Selections from ‘The Messiah’ and ‘The Crucification’ amongst others were sung in both Church and Chapel. The Society also sung at Nether Broughton, Kinoulton, Long Clawson and Willoughby Churches. A Band of Hope, again run by Mr. Shelton, met in the Chapel schoolroom. Children joining signed ‘The Pledge’ which meant no drinking of alcohol during ones lifetime. Recitations and dialogues were given by the children.
• (p.34 photo captions) Photo; The Dickman family bought Beech House from the Bell’s. Sarah (nee Doubleday) and John Dickman. John was the son of Henry Dickman who died in 1902. Photo; Margaret Dickman was the first child of the above. She died of meningitis in 1904 aged 3 years.
• (p.35 photo caption) Photo Doubleday family Circa 1885, Row 1 Ruth Doubleday (Mrs. Charlie Munks), Sam Doubleday, Sarah Doubleday (Mrs. John Dickman) […]
• (p.40 photo caption) c.1885 Row 5 Betsy Allen, Eliza Rose, Louisa Hives, Lizzie Wilkinson, S. Lumley, Harriett Dickman, E Shipman, Kate Doubleday, Lou Dickman, Polly Allen
• (p.44 photo caption) Hickling Board School 1900 Row 1 ????   Lily Simpson,  Emma Mann,  ????  Dickman  ????   ????  Miss Louisa Buxton – Pupil teacher, Ethel Drake […]

Maggie’s Memories.

• (p.4 photo caption) Photo. Butcher’s Shop Circa 1895. The Simpson family (& employees) outside the butcher’s shop at ‘Rose Cottage’ Charlie & Albert Simpson, Bert Woolley, George Simpson,  Fred Parr,  Mrs. Sarah Ann Simpson, Lettie  Dickman, Ida Simpson Cecil Simpson, Emmie & Lily Simpson, Donnie & Rowley Simpson.
• (p.10) Auntie Lily, then Uncle Alf died so young. When Granny Simpson was unable to get about much due to arthritis she had a wheelchair and the first time she went out in it she cried and cried. I remember we took her along Chapel Lane. I should be sixteen or seventeen I think when a Methodist Choir from Sheffield (relations of Mr. John Dickman of Beech House and Jessie Dickman too) came on a choir outing to Hickling and asked if Jessie and some of the Chapel would prepare a high tea in the Sunday School. The helpers included Mrs. Harry Parr, Emmie, Sally Parkes, Jessie Dickman, Polly Shelton and myself. After tea the Choir sang outside the Chapel then went to Rose Cottage and sang to Granny Simpson her favourite hymns as she sat in her wheel chair, sheo was so overcome she sat and cried.
• (p.32) The following day, Monday (I think we had a half days holiday from School) there would be games in what was then Mr. Dickman’s field (now Bogue Estate) then a children’s tea in the schoolroom and any children from the village could attend, with a public tea at 5 p.m. The tea consisted of brown and white bread and butter, plain, currant and seed cake, all baked by the village Baker Mr. Harriman, bread and cakes baked in the long tins, and the same bakers oven is still in the original bake house, which is now an outhouse where Mr. Penson lives and is called ‘Cobblestones’. Mr.&Mrs. Harriman also kept the Post Office and Grocery shop.
• Now back to the Anniversary. After tea and of course during the afternoon before tea, children with some adults would meet in Mr. Dickman’s field and play cricket then an evening service. We children on the platform again singing our anniversary hymns, our own Methodist Minister was the preacher and there was always a Chairman, but the service was never long and afterwards everyone went back to the field for more games, and during this period Mr. Dickman would come along from his house with a seven pound brown paper bag of nuts, he would throw a couple of handfuls on the grass and we children would ‘Scramble’ for them, sometimes we were lucky and sometimes not, we would also have sweet scramble for, we did love and enjoy our S. School Anniversary. It is sad now to see such poor congregations at the S.S.A, and so few children.
• (p.48) SWEETS AND GROCERY SHOPS I recall faintly a small sweet shop at what is now ‘Wheel House’ I think it was just one room separate from the house and owned by a lady, but I do not remember her name, I was only a small child but used to fetch sweets from this shop. One could never forget or fail to mention Mrs. Charlie Dickman she was left a widow with a large family to bring up, she and one daughter Jessie kept a small shop at the house by the Church Gates, called ‘Sulney House’ the actual shop has now gone, it had one small window with either six or eight tiny panes of glass and a few jars of sweets filled the two shelves, the shop was across the yard and one would knock on the house door and then go over to the two ‘Stable’ doors of the shop. After awhile the property was sold and Granny Dickman as nearly everyone called her moved into the cottage next door (which at the present time stands empty and in a bad state) called ‘Jessamine Cottage’ here she and Jessie set up their small grocery and sweet shop, outside the washhouse a tank of paraffin for selling was kept, they also took in washing which Jessie did, and they were the caretakers at Chapel, and in the time when oil lamps were used, it was all very hard work. Granny Dickman was called out at any time day or night to a confinement or if a death had taken place, she was a staunch Methodist and never missed a Sunday service, sitting in her pew with her long black dress and silk or satin cape trimmed with beads, and a bonnet on her pure white hair, tied with a ribbon and a bow under her chin, she was a tiny thin person, immaculate in every way, and everybody liked her.
• (p.51) BEECH HOUSE Such a beautiful Copper Beech tree on the front lawn, hence the name of the house. Unfortunately the tree was felled some years ago, and Hickling people were very sorry. The house has been modernised completely, and a family new to Hickling live there. Mr. Dickman lived here when I was a girl, and the S.S.Anniversary games held in the home field. I am delighted to see the new owners have planted a Beech Tree in the front garden, after modernising the house and grounds.
• (p.95) Midwife   Every one called her ‘Granny Dickman’ had no qualifications.

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