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Heckington is one of the largest villages in Lincolnshire, and in
North
Kesteven. There are 1491 households in Heckington and it is
located about midway between Sleaford and Swineshead Bridge south of the
A17
road.
History
Heckington's St. Andrew's Church
The old St. Andrew's church has a variety of
original stained
glass windows, one of which depicting the construction of the
building itself. It was built during the 14th century. The
Methodist Church was built in 1904 by the architect Albert
Edward Lambert.
The Heckington Show is held annually in the village
over the last weekend in July since 1864.[1] The
village has a 900-year-tradition of holding festive weekends.
Windmill
The nearly thousand years old village (first mentioned in the
10th century) is best known for its windmill of the same name, the only
8-sailed example of its type still standing in the UK and all
Europe. The tower windmill
built as a five-sailed mill in 1830 and turned into an eight-sailed
mill after serious storm damages in 1890/2 was formerly (and
sometimes still today) named Pocklington's Mill after her last
owner John Pocklington. It has recently undergone two major
refurbishments in 1986 and in 2004 and is fully working since and
open to the public.[2]
Geography
The £2.5 million 2.8 mile-long village bypass, built by
Reed & Mallik Ltd of Salisbury, was opened by Lynda Chalker,
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey on 14 December 1982, and the
former route of the A17 is now the B1394,
which also leads to Billingborough via Great Hale across a level crossing over the
partially single-track railway near the train station. The village
has three level
crossings.
Another linear settlement of East Heckington
lies alongside the A17 road two miles east of Heckington, which has
its own primary school and a preparatory school on
Sidebar Lane (B1395). To the north is Howell, which is part of the
parish.
Heckigton falls within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board[3].
Amenities
Heckington has a local football club and juniors football club.
The Heckington 15s are in the Lincolnshire Co-op Mid Lincs League
(C) which is run by the FA. The village has a Co-op. The village is also served by a
Butcher (near the church), a baker (on the village green) and small
corner shop (near church).
Village pubs are the Nags Head Inn on
High Street and The Oak on Boston Road.
There is also a tearoom on the High Street "http://thegreentearoom.food.officelive.com/default.aspx"
situated underneath The Squash & Leisure Club.
Another attraction is the Heckington railway station
of 1859 which houses a railway museum.
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