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From the Hickling Parish Registers (to 1905).

Baptisms:

• Elizabeth – father Joseph DAVIES – mother Dorothy – bap. 14^th June 1829

Marriages:

• DAVIS, Richard to SUTTON, Elizabeth; 13^th December 1789

Burials:

• Elizabeth DAVIES – 1837 04 20 – age 71
• Sarah DAVIES – 1844 04 28 – age 17       
• Joseph DAVIES – 1846 06 07 – age 10 – drowned while bathing
• Dorothy DAVIES – 1847 08 16 – age 14   
• Joseph DAVIES – 1854 01 05 – age 58     
• John DAVIES – 1857 08 27 – age 84                       
• Dorothy DAVIES – 1884 01 30 – age 83                 
• Elizabeth DAVIES – 1898 12 29 – age 73               
• Sarah DAVIS – 1800 12 05 – age ? – Scalded to death
• Sarah DAVIS – 1812 07 07 – age? – Dau of Richard & Elizabeth
• Ann DAVIS – 1812 07 15 – age? – Dau of Richard & Elizabeth
• Joseph DAVIS – 1818 06 06 – age 37        
• Mary DAVIS – 1819 11 03 – age 80          
• Richard DAVIS – 1822 09 24 – age 32 – of Coulston Basset
• Sarah DAVIS – 1823 07 07 – age 83         
• John DAVIS – 1825 06 04 – age 25 – of Kinoulton          
• Richard DAVIS – 1832 05 02 – Inf              
• Thomas DAVIS – 1841 10 17 – Inf            
• Sarah DAVIS – 1841 12 01 – age 24 – of Colston Basset  
• Richard DAVIS – 1850 06 25 – age 82
• Sarah DAVIS – 1853 05 23 – age 75     
• John DAVIS – 1884 09 15 – age 54           

Marriage: Richard Salt (born Stanton-le-Dale, Derbys) to Mary Davies (of Hickling) in 1881.

Richard Salt married Mary Davies in 1881: Q2 1881 Shardlow Vol 7b page 759. Mary Davies was born in Hickling, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hallam) Davies.

• Mary Davies was born in 1853 in Hickling, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hallam) Davies (Q1 1853 Bingham Vol 7b page 301 – surname spelt Davis). The location of the Davies’ farm on Hickling Pastures isn’t clear but it seems likely that they were at Turnpike Farm or Field Farm.

Richard & Mary (Davies) Salt farmed Turnpike Farm and Field Farm on Hickling Pastures from 1881 until the 1920s.

Richard Salt died 18th November 1927 aged 79 years. Mary (Davies) Salt, his wife, died 10th December 1928 aged 76 years. “In loving memory of Richard Salt died Nov 18th aged 79 years. Peace perfect peace. Also Mary, wife of the above who passed away Dec 10th 1928 aged 76 years. Re-united.

• Grantham Journal Jan 7th 1899: At Hickling, on the 25th ult,. Elizabeth, widow of the late Mr John Davies, aged 73 years.

Davies family: lineage census records & notes: 

Census 1841.

Household (1) Hickling village

• Joseph Davies – Male – 45 – 1796 – Ag lab – Nottinghamshire, England
• Dorothy Davies – Female – 40 – 1801 – Nottinghamshire, England
• Mary Davies – Female – 15 – 1826 – Nottinghamshire, England
• Sarah Davies – Female – 14 – 1827 – Nottinghamshire, England
• Elizabeth Davies – Female – 12 – 1829 – Nottinghamshire, England
• Dorothy Davies – Female – 8 – 1833 – Nottinghamshire, England
• Joseph Davies – Male – 5 – 1836 – Nottinghamshire, England
• Salome Davies – Female – 1 – 1840 – Nottinghamshire, England
• Samuel Richmond – Male – 65 – 1776 – Nottinghamshire, England

Household (2) Hickling Pastures

• John Davies – Male – 60 – Farmer – 1781 – born out of County
• Sarah Davies – Female – 55 – 1786 – Nottinghamshire, England
• Elizabeth Corner – Female – 20 – 1821 – female servant – Nottinghamshire, England
• William Phipps – Male – 15 – 1826 – ag lab – born out of County
• Edward Pagett – Male – 15 – 1826 – ag lab – Nottinghamshire, England

Household (3) Hickling village

• Richard Davies – Male – 70 – 1771 – Farmer – born out of County
• Alice Allen – Female – 25 – 1816 – female servant – Nottinghamshire, England
• John Allen – Male – 5 – 1836 – Nottinghamshire, England
• John Davies – Male – 10 – 1831 – […] – Nottinghamshire, England

Census 1851.

Household (1) Hickling village

• Joseph Davies – Head – Married – Male – 56 – 1795 – Labourer – Hickling
• Dorothy Davies – Wife – Married – Female – 50 – 1801 – Hickling
• Mary Ann Davies – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 26 – 1825 – Tambourer – Hickling
• Elizabeth Davies – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 22 – 1829 – Tambourer – Hickling
• Salomi Davies – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 11 – 1840 – Tambourer – Hickling

Household (2) Hickling Pastures

• John Davies – head – Unmarried – male – 77 – Farmer – born Wymeswold, Leics
• Sarah Davies – Housekeeper – Unmarried – Female – 72 – 1779 – Housekeeper – Hickling
• John Davies – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 21 – 1830 – Servant – Hickling
• John Greenfield – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 13 – 1838 – Servant – Hickling
• Sarah Greenfield – Servant – Unmarried – Female – 18 – 1833 – Servant – Willoughby, Notts

Household (3) Hickling Pastures

• Joseph Corner – Head – Married – Male – 65 – 1786 – Pauper – Hickling
• Elizabeth Corner – Wife – Married – Female – 62 – 1789 – Paupers wife – Kinoulton
• Hannah Davis – Daughter – Female – 19 – 1832 – Lodger – Hickling
• Robert Davis – Grandson – Male – 10 days – 1851 – Hickling

Census 1861.

Household (1) Hickling Pastures:

• John Davies – 31yrs – farmer – born Hickling
• Elizabeth Davies – 34yrs – wife – born Willoughby Notts
• Dorothy Davies Hallam – 10yrs – daug – scholar – born Willoughby
• Mary Davies – 8yrs – daug – scholar – born Hickling
• Harriett Marshall – 17yrs – house servant – born Hickling
• Henry Allen – 16yrs – plough boy – born Hickling
• William Allen – 13yrs – plough boy – born Hickling

Census 1871.

Household (1) Hickling Pastures

• John Davies – 41yrs – Farmer – 150 acres – born Hickling
• Elizabeth Davies – 44yrs – wife – farmer’s wife – born Willoughby Notts
• Dorothy – 20yrs – daug – farmer’s daug – born Willoughby
• Mary – 18yrs – daug – farmer’s daug – born Hickling
• Dorothy Davies – 70yrs – mother – retired widow – born Hickling
• Henry Starbuck – 15yrs – farm servant

Census 1881.

Household (1) Hickling

• John White – Head – Married – Male – 67 – 1814 – Farm labourer – East Leake,  Notts
• Caroline White – Wife – Married – Female – 56 – 1825 –        Willoughby, Notts
• Mary White – Daughter – Single – Female – 23 – 1858 – Dairymaid – East Leake, Notts
• William White – Son – Single – Male – 14 – 1867 – Cow boy – ag lab – Hickling Pastures, Notts
• Elizabeth White – Daughter – Single – Female – 13 – 1868 – Scholar – Hickling Pastures
• John Davies – Visitor – Married – Male – 51 – 1830 – Retired farmer – Hickling Pastures
• Elizabeth Davies – Visitor – Married – Female – 54 – 1827 – Willoughby, Notts

Mary Davies married Richard Salt from Stanton-le-Dale, Derbys in 1881; they are found in Census records from 1881 farming on Hickling Pastures (Turnpike Farm/Field Farm).

• In 1881, Mary’s father (John Davies) is recorded as a retired farmer
• It may be that Richard and Mary (Davies) Salt took over the Davies farm when they married
• If so, this possibly places the Davies family (Mary’s parents, John & Elizabeth Davies) as farmers of Turnpike Farm/Field Farm from (at least) 1861. We know that the Salt family lived at Field Farm but they seem to have farmed both.
• More work is needed but census records imply that John Davies may have inherited the farm from his unmarried relative, John Davies (born 1877, Wymeswold) – this would take ownership back to, at least, 1841.

Census 1891.

Household (1) Main Street, Hickling

• Elizabeth Davies – head – widow – age 64 –  1827 – living on own means – born Hickling

Census 1901/1911/1922/1939 Register

• No records found in Hickling.

In the News.

Nottingham Review: 12^th June 1846: Accidental Death by Drowning, at Hickling. On Sunday last, at the house of Mr John Mann, the sign of the Wheat Sheaf, Hickling, before the same coroner, on view of the body of Joseph Davies. Robt. Morris of Hickling aforesaid, labourer, being sworn, said, – On Friday afternoon last, the 5^th instant, about four o’clock, I was coming from Mr Clarke’s, farmer, with his horse and cart, for a barrel of beer, and when I got to the Smite Bridge, near the town, I saw some boy’s clothes lying upon the bridge, and a pair of boots, and I moved the boots to let my horse and cart pass without going over them. I looked into the water, and saw a cap floating upon the top, over a hole close to the bridge, about ten feet deep. The water was quite still and calm, and I looked round and under the bridge, but could see nothing of any boy, and I then went forwards to Mrs Hives’ public house, and told her that I had found some boy’s clothes on the bridge, but could see no boy bathing. I then went into the stable and got a long flag pole, and a person named John Gilding got a drag, and we and others went in search of the boy, and to drag for him. I went on one side of the hole, and Gilding on the other side, and at the second drag, Gilding brought the body of the deceased up, and he was got out of the water. He was quite dead and cold. I had got my horse and cart with me,  and we put the deceased and his clothes into it, and I knew him directly to be Joseph Davies. We brought his body home to his father’s house, and carried him in, and laid him upon a bed. It was about half an hour after I saw the clothes upon the bridge before we found the body. I cannot say how long he had been in the water. He is the son of Joseph Davies, labourer, of Hickling, and was ten years old on the day he was drowned. The boy had been seen to turn a pony into a field to graze, and no doubt while bathing got into a hole, made in the river bed by the flood. Verdict – Found drowned in the river Smite, in the Parish of Kinoulton, but how he got into the water no evidence appears to prove.

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