Sicklinghall
Sicklinghall is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is situated between the town of Wetherby and the village of Kirkby Overblow.
In 2007 the population was recorded as 300, 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 estate, it is the UK residence of racehorse owner, Sir Robert Ogden. However the 'big house' is Stockeld Park, a Grade I-listed palladian villa that sits at the heart of a 2,000-acre estate and is home to the Grant family.
Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
History
The name Sicklinghall derives from the Old English Sicelingashalh or Sicelinghalh, meaning 'nook of land of Sicel's people' or 'nook of land at Sicel's place'.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. In Kirkby's Inquest the village is referred to as Siclinghalle; in the Knights' Fees of 1302 it is Sykelynghall, and in the Nomina Villarum it is written Sigglinghall.
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.
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, and the Church of the Immaculate Conception. There is a pub called The Scott's Arms, 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 west of the village on the road towards Kirkby Overblow.