HECKINGTON, a parish in the wapentake of ASWARDHURN,
parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN,
5 miles (E. by S.) from Sleaford, containing 1438 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £12. 16. 3., and in the patronage of the Rev.
H. B. Benson. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.
Here is a place of worship for Baptists.