Heckington, High Street c.1955
Photo ref: H63003
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Photo ref: H63003
Photo of Heckington, High Street c.1955

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Five miles east of Sleaford, Heckington is a village widely known for its superb 14th-century Decorated Gothic parish church with its 185 foot high spire, rich carvings and sinuous window tracery. Here we look along the High Street, where most of the houses and cottages survive on the left but only No 62, then an antique shop, on the right. The village is also known for its windmill which has no less than eight sails.

A Selection of Memories from Heckington

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Heckington

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Our family the Drurys loved fishing and the local club used to supply us with endless sport but mainly fun! Every Sunday during June through to the end of September there was always a match on somewhere. The first of the season was always down the Forty Foot Drain at Little Hale. As we only lived over the road from where the bus left it was easy for mum and dad (Madge and Ern) and us three boys (Richard ...see more