Lockington, Leicestershire

Lockington
Lockington
	The coach house at Lockington Hall
	Lockington Location within Leicestershire
Civil parish	Lockington-Hemington;
District	North West Leicestershire;
Shire county	Leicestershire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Derby
Postcode district	DE74
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North West Leicestershire;
	List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°50′54″N 1°18′28″W / 52.84833°N 1.30778°W

Lockington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lockington-Hemington, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. The village is close to the Derbyshire border.

Although there is not a rail station in the village, East Midlands Parkway opened nearby in 2008 at Ratcliffe-on-Soar which provides links to the Midland Main Line.

Lockington Hall in the village was the home of a branch of the Curzon family. In 1904 Henry Curzon of Lockington Hall was High Sheriff of Derbyshire.^[1]

In 1994 a hoard of Bronze Age items was discovered locally. The hoard consisted of the shards of two Beaker style pots, a copper based alloy dagger and two embossed gold-sheet armlets. These 4,000-year-old finds are now in the British Museum.^[2]^[3]

Civil parish

On 1 April 1936 the parish of Hemington was merged with Knossington,^[4] on 14 May 1938 the parish was renamed "Lockington Hemington".^[5] In 1931 the parish of Lockington (prior to the merge) had a population of 186.^[6]

Notable people

John Gilbert Cooper, poet, was born here in 1722.

References

^ "No. 27655". The London Gazette. 8 March 1904. p. 1537.
^ "Two embossed gold armlets". British Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
^ British Museum Collection
^ "Relationships and changes Lockington Hemington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Loughborough Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Population statistics Lockington Hemington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

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[1] "No. 27655". The London Gazette. 8 March 1904. p. 1537.

[2] "Two embossed gold armlets". British Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2010.

[3] British Museum Collection

[4] "Relationships and changes Lockington Hemington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[5] "Loughborough Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[6] "Population statistics Lockington Hemington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

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v t e Towns and villages of North West Leicestershire
Towns	Ashby-de-la-Zouch Coalville Castle Donington
Large villages	Hugglescote Ibstock Kegworth Measham Whitwick
Small villages	Appleby Magna Bardon Belton Blackfordby Breedon on the Hill Charley Chilcote Coleorton Diseworth Donisthorpe Ellistown Heather Hemington Isley Walton Lockington Long Whatton Moira Normanton le Heath Oakthorpe Osgathorpe Packington Ravenstone Snarestone Snibston Staunton Harold Stretton en le Field Swannington Swepstone Thringstone Willesley Worthington
Hamlets	Acresford Albert Village Appleby Parva Battram Boundary Church Town Copt Oak Donington le Heath Farm Town Griffydam Little Packington Little Wigston Lount New Swannington Newbold Coleorton Newton Burgoland Oaks in Charnwood Peggs Green Shellbrook Tonge Wilson