Sicklinghall

Sicklinghall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is situated between the town of Wetherby (3 miles (5 km) to the east) and the village of Kirkby Overblow.

Sicklinghall
Sicklinghall village hall
Pond to the east of Sicklinghall; there is another one to the west.
Sicklinghall Location within North Yorkshire
Population	336 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SE363484
Civil parish	Sicklinghall
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WETHERBY
Postcode district	LS22
Dialling code	01937
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Selby with Ainsty
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.9305°N 1.4487°W / 53.9305; -1.4487

In 2007 the population was recorded as 300,^[2] increasing to 336 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

The village is surrounded by granges; on the eastern side lie Skerry Grange and Sicklinghall Grange and on the western Addlethorpe Grange. Sicklinghall Grange is set in a 107-acre (0.43 km²) estate, it is the UK residence of racehorse owner, Sir Robert Ogden.^[3] However the 'big house' is Stockeld Park, a Grade I-listed palladian villa that sits at the heart of a 2,000-acre estate^[4] and is home to the Grant family.

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[5] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Stockeld Park, a Palladian villa north-east of Sicklinghall

History

The village is referred to in the Domesday Book as "Sidingale", in the hundred of Burghshire in the West Riding, and the lord and tenant in chief is noted as the King.^[6] In Kirkby's Inquest (1284-5) the village is referred to as Siclinghalle; in the Knights' Fees of 1302 it is Sykelynghall, and in the Nomina Villarum (1316) it is written Sigglinghall.^[7]

There has been a school in the village of Sicklinghall since at least 1850 when Mrs Fenton Scott of Woodhall built a single storey school house.^[8]

There is a Roman Catholic convent situated by the Church of the Immaculate Conception and monastery dating from 1852 to the south of the village.

Public buildings and amenities

The village has two churches; St Peter's (Church of England),^[9] and the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic). There is a pub called The Scott's Arms,^[10] a primary school and a village hall. There are ponds at either end of the village.

Sicklinghall has a range of equestrian-related centres in and around the village's centre, with the Sicklinghall Park livery located in the village centre, and Hill Croft Farm Riding Stables located about 0.6 miles (1 km) west of the village on the road towards Kirkby Overblow.

Sports teams

Sicklinghall has a cricket team playing in the local Wetherby Cricket League. The ground is situated at the top of the village, the club having moved from nearby Stockeld Park in 2002. In 2016 an arson attack on the cricket club destroyed the pavilion.^[11]

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  St. Peter's Church
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  Church of the Immaculate Conception
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  Convent of the Immaculate Conception
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  Scotts Arms
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  Sicklinghall Community Primary School

Notable people

Former Leeds United and Aston Villa manager David O'Leary is a resident of Sicklinghall.^[12]