North Hykeham

North Hykeham
Lincolnshire
Location
Grid reference:	SK945659
Location:	53°10’55"N, -0°35’6"W
Data
Population:	11,538
Post town:	Lincoln
Postcode:	LN6
Dialling code:	01522
Local Government
Council:	North Kesteven
Parliamentary constituency:	Sleaford and North Hykeham

North Hykeham is a village immediately south-southwest of Lincoln, in Lincolnshire. Geographically it forms the southern outer part of a greater Lincoln urban sprawl, and comprises 4,915 dwellings.

North Hykeham was originally spelt "North Hyckham", and is commonly referred to as just 'Hykeham'.

Newark Road is built directly on top of the old Roman road, Fosse Way. North of the road is Hykeham railway station on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, with few trains stopping each day. Further along Mill Lane, to the south, is South Hykeham.

Churches

North Hykeham has three churches, two Church of England and one Methodist.

• Church of England:
  • All Saints, a Victorian Gothic church on the corner of Moor Lane
  • St Hugh's, built in the 1960s in one of the housing estates
• Methodist: chapel on Chapel Lane.

History

North Hykeham prizes its independence of Lincoln though the urban sprawl has crept this far. The old village has a name from the Old English language, though many villages around it have Norse names (and Lincoln a British/Latin name), an interesting historical mixture. The Romans were certainly here, as the village is on the Fosse Way

North Hykeham Church was first mentioned in 1160 but, by 1535 it was a 'free chapel', and by 1700 a ruin. From 1700 there was no church in North Hykeham. All Saints Church was built in the late 1850s and a Methodist Chapel in 1881. In 1894 the first Parish Council was established and met in the village school. In 1948 the Parish Council moved to the Memorial Hall ('The Tin Tabernacle') on Newark Road. The present Memorial Hall was built in 1969. In May 2006 the Town Council moved to its new premises in Fen Lane, an extension of an existing pavilion.

Economy

A 24-hour superstore, re-built in March 1998, stands is on Newark Road and another supermarket near the junction of Lincoln Road, Mill Lane, and Moor Lane, with a small group of shops and medical practice. Most local shops are on Newark Road in The Forum.

The Lindum Group have a site on Station Road which houses several businesses comprising the Lindum Group and a number of other businesses, some of which are closely associated with the group. ASC Metals make metal sheets and tubes. There are engineering companies on Freeman Road, near the railway station, including Siemens (formerly Alstom Power). A foundry, Lincoln Castings, on Station Road closed in February 2007.

Sights of the town

There is a sailing club on Apex Lake (formed from a former sand and gravel pit).

Nearby is Whisby Nature Park. The Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum is on Whisby Road near the railway station.

The village war memorial commemorates the villagers who lost there lives in both World Wars.

The town's public houses are The Fox and Hounds, the Centurion, The Harrows and The Lincoln Green.

Parks

Lakes formed from former gravel pits

North Hykeham has five parks.

• Glebe Park at the back of the Lincoln Green public house
• Fen Lane Park on Fen Lane; it has football pitches, a children's play area and a purpose built skatepark.
• The Green park, part of the old village green
• The Memorial Hall park, part of the Memorial Hall, with sporting facilities
• St Aidan's Park contains an old orchard.

Sport

• Bowls: Hykenham Bowls Club
• Football: Hykeham Tigers JFC
• Rugby: North Hykeham Rugby Union Club, which plays at the Memorial Hall & Playing Fields Association pitch on Newark Road.
• Sailing: Hykeham Sailing Club

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about North Hykeham)

• Town Council
• Hykeham Team Ministry
• History of the parishes of North and South Hykeham
• Poachers Brewery
• North Hykeham in the Domesday Book