Talk:Hinckley

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This page could really do with a History section --Crazeman 00:35, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Magna Park is in Lutterworth

About 12 miles away! Surely it can't be considered part of Hinckley?

er it also has a castle, which is in a nice park (or soon to be nice) which could be considered a place of interest!

[edit] Text removed

Removed the following text from the article, as it is not in article style and repeats other parts. Ideally the content can be re-intergated into article. Crazeman 21:23, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Documentary and MSS Sources:

Notebooks of Richard Symonds, Harleian MSS, 911, 986. John Nichols, History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, Vol. III, Part ii, Appendix, pp 17-69. P.R.O. Calendars of the Committee for Compounding P.R.O. Commonwealth Exchequer Papers: ‘claims for free quarter and horses…submitted to the Warwick County Committee’, SP 28/161

Hinckley was also a local centre for brewing, hence the ditty:

Higham on the hill,

Stoke in the dale,

Wykin for buttermilk

and Hinckley for ale.

At the time of the first national census in 1801 Hinckley had a population of 5,158.

The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal opened in 1804, and by 1863 Hinckley was connected to the rail network, which aided the growth of the town.

Joseph Hansom invented the Hansom cab here in 1834.