HICKLING, a parish in the southern division of the wapentake of BINGHAM, county of NOTTINGHAM, &£ miles (N. W. by N.) from Melton-Mowbray, containing 497 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £ 18. 8. 4., and in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Queen's College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Luke, is a handsome ancient structure, with a quadrangular tower: the lid of a stone coffin, curiously inscribed with Runic characters, has been discovered in the "chancel. Here is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The Graiitham canal passes through the parish, and crosses the northern boundary into Leicestershire. Some years ago several Roman coins were dug up on Standard Hill, so called from a standard, or pole, having been formerly erected on it.