South Hykeham is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

North Kesteven North Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Sleaford. The district also contains the town of North Hykeham, which adjoins the neighbouring city of Lincoln, England, L ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 835. It is situated approximately south-west of

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, and on the A1434 road. Since 1931, South Hykeham formed part of the

of Aubourn Haddington and South Hykeham, but this relationship was broken in 1991 and South Hykeham is again a civil parish. It today forms part of the wider Lincoln Urban Area and is contigious with

North Hykeham North Hykeham is an industrial town and civil parish in the North Kesteven, North Kesteven District of Lincolnshire, England. It is located directly south of the city of Lincoln, England, Lincoln, where it forms the southern part of the wider L ...

. South Hykeham is mentioned in the ''

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'' of 1086, in which it is described as "Hichum", with 14 households and two fisheries. The Grade II* listed parish church is dedicated to

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and dates from the 13th century, although it was restored and added to by Drury and Mortimer in 1869. South Hykeham Community Primary School was built in 1869 as a National school.

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South Hykeham Community Primary School
* {{Authority control Villages in Lincolnshire North Kesteven District Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Areas of North Hykeham Areas of Lincoln, England Lincoln Urban Area