Hickleton

Hickleton
Hickleton
Hickleton shown within South Yorkshire
Population	274 (2011)
Metropolitan borough	Doncaster
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Doncaster
Postcode district	DN5

Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°32′31″N 1°16′34″W / 53.542°N 1.276°W / 53.542; -1.276Coordinates: 53°32′31″N 1°16′34″W / 53.542°N 1.276°W / 53.542; -1.276

Hickleton is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 291, reducing slightly to 274 at the 2011 Census.

There are records of Hickleton’s history dating back to Saxon times, although some consider the settlement has Roman roots.

More recently, it was the "estate village" of Hickleton Hall, formerly the home of the Earls of Halifax but now a Sue Ryder Care Home.

Hickleton's parish church, St. Wilfrid's is mainly of mediaeval construction with Norman features, restored in Victorian times by George Frederick Bodley.