Village and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England
Village in England
Hickleton Hall
Hickleton is a village and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire , England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire , it had a population of 291,[ 1] which had reduced slightly to 274 at the 2011 census.[citation needed ] Hickleton is 6 miles (10 km) west of Doncaster and 8 miles (13 km) east of Barnsley .
There are records of Hickleton's history dating back to Saxon times although some consider the settlement to have Roman roots.[ 2]
More recently, it was the "estate village" of Hickleton Hall , formerly the home of the earls of Halifax and then a Sue Ryder Care Home until 2013.
The parish church, St. Wilfrid's , is mainly of mediaeval construction with Norman features that was restored in Victorian times by George Frederick Bodley .
Two locations in Hickleton appear in the top ten worst locations in England for air quality; the village has the most polluted air in Yorkshire . There have been numerous campaigns to construct a bypass around the village and Marr to the east.[ 3]
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