Hollington, Derbyshire

Hollington
Civil parish	Hollington
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	DE6
Dialling code	01889

Hollington is a village and civil parish near the town of Uttoxeter and 5 1/2miles from the city of derby, in the English county of Derbyshire.The most recent census (2001) Hollington had a population of 212 . There are only a few serves in Hollington of note such as the Red Lion pub to serve the small population. Despite its small size and population or possibly because of, Hollington does have a building of historical importance, a 500 year old wooden framed house named lodge farm, this building currently is a grade II listed building

Population

The population in Hollington is currently recorded in the census along with other nearby settlements; as a result it is hard to determine the current total population. During the last census that Hollington was individually analysed in 1961 it was at 164 people; much lower than roughly 90 years before, when it was at 261.

Farming in Hollington

Hollington was recorded in the doomsday book in 1086 as “Holintune”, meaning in old English, “the farmstead where holly grows". This along with other historical references has shown that the parish has mostly always been an agricultural village. The area is known for having high quality soil known as “keuper marl”, which is considered effective for farming and milk production. Modern farming in the area has changed considerably in recent years compared to the past, for example half way through the 20th century there were as many as 18 farms in Hollington all working on a small scale with only a few animals, but now they’re very few farms, but now much larger in size. This is because as the old farmers retired, their farmland was purchased by larger companies and combined with their own land to create even larger farms. Also a major handicap on large scale farming was removed in the 1950’s when piped water was made available where as before the only water supply was pumped up by hand. This made it easier to water large scale farms and to take care of more animals than was possible before.

Hollington Chapel

In the past there was very little available to the people in terms of services; one of the main buildings most parishes would have wanted in the past would have been a church, but the chapel in Hollington was not built until 1847; though records show that the church the nearby village of Longford was used by people in Hollington. Records show that the chapel in Hollington was very well attended for many years and the location of many of the parishes’ events such as a harvest festival, it was then closed in 1992 and sold and converted into a home in 1995

External links

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