Ault Hucknall | |
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St John the Baptist church |
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Ault Hucknall shown within Derbyshire | |
Population | 1,053 (Including Astwith , Bramley Vale , Doe Lea and Stainsby. 2011) |
OS grid reference | SK467652 |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CHESTERFIELD |
Postcode district | S44 |
Dialling code | 01246 |
Police | Derbyshire |
Fire | Derbyshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Ault Hucknall (Old English: Hucca's nook of land) is a village, which gives its name to the surrounding civil parish, in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of 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 was interred within Ault Hucknall’s St. John the Baptist Church following his death in 1679.