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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