Sicklinghall
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.9305|-1.4487|display=inline,title}}
| civil_parish = Sicklinghall
| official_name = Sicklinghall
| population = 336
| population_ref = (2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=E04007415|title=Sicklinghall Parish|accessdate=2 November 2019}}
| unitary_england = North Yorkshire
| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = Selby with Ainsty
| post_town = WETHERBY
| postcode_district = LS22
| postcode_area = LS
| dial_code = 01937
| os_grid_reference = SE363484
| static_image = Sicklinghall Village Hall (9th August 2017) 002.jpg
| static_image_caption = Sicklinghall village hall
| static_image_2_name = Pond to the east of Sicklinghall (9th August 2017) 001.jpg
| static_image_2_caption = Pond to the east of Sicklinghall; there is another one to the west.
}}
Sicklinghall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is situated between the town of Wetherby ({{convert|3|mi|km|0}} to the east) and the village of Kirkby Overblow.
In 2007 the population was recorded as 300,{{cite web | url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1636&p=0 | title=Mid-2007 parish population estimates | publisher=North Yorkshire County Council | year=2007 | accessdate=25 July 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807154529/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1636&p=0 | archivedate=7 August 2011 }} increasing to 336 at the 2011 Census.
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 {{convert|107|acre|km2|adj=on}} estate, it is the UK residence of racehorse owner, Sir Robert Ogden.{{cite web | url=http://www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/otherss.htm | title=Other Yorkshire Studs - S | first=Stephen | last=George-Powell | work=Yorkshire Racing | year=2002 | accessdate=25 July 2009 }} However the 'big house' is Stockeld Park, a Grade I-listed palladian villa that sits at the heart of a 2,000-acre estate{{NHLE| num = 1149986| desc= STOCKELD PARK HOUSE |accessdate = 17 January 2021}} and is home to the Grant family.
Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{Cite web |title=History of Sicklinghall, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14210 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=A Vision of Britain}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
File:Stockeld Park.jpg villa north-east of Sicklinghall]]
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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.{{Cite web|url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SE3648/sicklinghall/|title = Domesday Book of William the Conqueror}} 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.{{cite web |title=Sicklinghall :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/West+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Kirkby+Overblow/5328827bb47fc40c810061a8-Sicklinghall |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=27 December 2021}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sicklinghallprimary.co.uk/|title=Sicklinghall CP School | North Yorkshire|website=www.sicklinghallprimary.co.uk|accessdate=17 January 2021}}
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),{{cite web | url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/PhotoFrames/WRY/SicklinghallStPeter.html | title=St. Peter's Church, Sicklinghall | publisher=GENUKI | year=2009 | accessdate=25 July 2009 }} and the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic). There is a pub called The Scott's Arms,{{cite web | url=http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=53&ArticleID=1040267 | title=Great Scotts | first=Simon | last=Jenkins | work=Yorkshire Evening Post | publisher=Johnston Press | date=28 May 2005 | accessdate=25 July 2009 }} 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 {{convert|0.6|mi|km|0}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/four-charged-over-leeds-arson-series|title=Four Charged Over Leeds Arson Series.|publisher=West Yorkshire Police|date=|accessdate=2017-11-11}}
File:St. Peter's Church, Sicklinghall (9th August 2017) 002.jpg|St. Peter's Church
File:Church of the Immaculate Conception, Sicklinghall (9th August 2017) 001.jpg|Church of the Immaculate Conception
File:Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Sicklinghall (9th August 2017) 001.jpg|Convent of the Immaculate Conception
File:Scotts Arms, Sicklinghall (9th August 2017) 002.jpg|Scotts Arms
File:Sicklinghall Community Primary School (9th August 2017) 001.jpg|Sicklinghall Community Primary School
Notable people
Former Leeds United and Aston Villa manager David O'Leary is a resident of Sicklinghall.{{cite web|title = Behind the scenes at millionaire mansion in Leeds|url = http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/behind-the-scenes-at-millionaire-mansion-in-leeds-1-6781554|work = Yorkshire Evening Post|accessdate = 4 December 2015}}
References
External links
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