Sicklinghall Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.9305°N -1.4487°W
Civil Parish:Sicklinghall
Official Name:Sicklinghall
Population:336
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Selby with Ainsty
Post Town:WETHERBY
Postcode District:LS22
Postcode Area:LS
Dial Code:01937
Os Grid Reference:SE363484
Static Image:Sicklinghall Village Hall (9th August 2017) 002.jpg
Static Image Caption:Sicklinghall village hall
Static Image 2 Name:Pond to the east of Sicklinghall (9th August 2017) 001.jpg
Static Image 2 Caption:Pond to the east of Sicklinghall; there is another one to the west.

Sicklinghall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is situated between the town of Wetherby (3miles to the east) and the village of Kirkby Overblow.

In 2007 the population was recorded as 300,[1] increasing to 336 at the 2011 Census.

The village is surrounded by granges; on the eastern side lie Skerry Grange and Sicklinghall Grange and on the western Addlethorpe Grange. Sicklinghall Grange is set in a 107acres estate, it is the UK residence of racehorse owner, Sir Robert Ogden.[2] However the 'big house' is Stockeld Park, a Grade I-listed palladian villa that sits at the heart of a 2,000-acre estate and is home to the Grant family.

History

The village is referred to in the Domesday Book as "Sidingale", in the hundred of Burghshire in the West Riding, and the lord and tenant in chief is noted as the King.[3] In Kirkby's Inquest (1284-5) the village is referred to as Siclinghalle; in the Knights' Fees of 1302 it is Sykelynghall, and in the Nomina Villarum (1316) it is written Sigglinghall.[4]

There has been a school in the village of Sicklinghall since at least 1850 when Mrs Fenton Scott of Woodhall built a single storey school house.[5]

There is a Roman Catholic convent situated by the Church of the Immaculate Conception and monastery dating from 1852 to the south of the village.

Public buildings and amenities

The village has two churches; St Peter's (Church of England),[6] and the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic). There is a pub called The Scott's Arms,[7] a primary school and a village hall. There are ponds at either end of the village.

Sicklinghall has a range of equestrian-related centres in and around the village's centre, with the Sicklinghall Park livery located in the village centre, and Hill Croft Farm Riding Stables located about 0.6miles west of the village on the road towards Kirkby Overblow.

Sports teams

Sicklinghall has a cricket team playing in the local Wetherby Cricket League. The ground is situated at the top of the village, the club having moved from nearby Stockeld Park in 2002. In 2016 an arson attack on the cricket club destroyed the pavilion.[8]

Notable people

Former Leeds United and Aston Villa manager David O'Leary is a resident of Sicklinghall.[9]

References

  1. Web site: Mid-2007 parish population estimates . North Yorkshire County Council . 2007 . 25 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110807154529/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1636&p=0 . 7 August 2011 .
  2. Web site: Other Yorkshire Studs - S . Stephen . George-Powell . Yorkshire Racing . 2002 . 25 July 2009 .
  3. Web site: Domesday Book of William the Conqueror.
  4. Web site: Sicklinghall :: Survey of English Place-Names . epns.nottingham.ac.uk . 27 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Sicklinghall CP School | North Yorkshire. www.sicklinghallprimary.co.uk. 17 January 2021.
  6. Web site: St. Peter's Church, Sicklinghall . . 2009 . 25 July 2009 .
  7. Web site: Great Scotts . Simon . Jenkins . . . 28 May 2005 . 25 July 2009 .
  8. Web site: Four Charged Over Leeds Arson Series.. West Yorkshire Police. 2017-11-11.
  9. Web site: Behind the scenes at millionaire mansion in Leeds. Yorkshire Evening Post. 4 December 2015.