Ault Hucknall (
Old English
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: ''Hucca's nook of land'') is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Bolsover
Bolsover is a market town and the administrative centre of the Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. It is from London, from Sheffield, from Nottingham and from Derby. It is the main town in the Bolsover district.
The civil parish for th ...
district of
Derbyshire
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, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,053.
Local residents describe the settlement as the 'smallest village in England', as it consists of only a church and three houses. The philosopher
Thomas Hobbes
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was interred within Ault Hucknall's
St John the Baptist Church following his death in 1679.
Hardwick Hall
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is within the parish boundary, which also contains the settlements of
Astwith,
Bramley Vale
Bramley Vale is a village in Derbyshire, England, south of Bolsover. It is in the civil parish of Ault Hucknall.
History
Bramley Vale is a former colliery village and has a lengthy mining heritage, from the opening of the Glapwell colliery in 188 ...
,
Doe Lea
Doe Lea is a small, linear village in the English county of Derbyshire. It is in the Bolsover (district), Bolsover district of the county and falls in the Ault Hucknall civil parish. The village runs along the old A617 road. A newer dual carria ...
,
Hardstoft, Rowthorne and
Stainsby.
See also
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Listed buildings in Ault Hucknall
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List of places in Derbyshire
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See also
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Murder of Barbara Mayo, infamous unsolved murder of a woman which occurred in the village in 1970
Notes
References
External links
Ault Hucknall CP (Parish) Neighbourhood statistics website,
Office for National Statistics
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Bolsover District
Villages in Derbyshire
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