Hucknall
Sign in to saveHucknall () is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, north of Nottingham, southeast of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, from Mansfield and south of Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Hucknall
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Nottinghamshire
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 7.913
- UK place.population
- 32,107
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.shire_district
- Ashfield
- UK place.shire_county
- Nottinghamshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Sherwood Forest
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Butler's Hill
- UK place.p2
- Town Centre
- UK place.p3
- Westville
- UK place.post_town
- NOTTINGHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- NG15
- UK place.postcode_area
- NG
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Hucknall () is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, north of Nottingham, southeast of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, from Mansfield and south of Sutton-in-Ashfield.
== Toponymy == Hucknall was recorded as Hokeuhale (n.d.) and Hokenale (n.d.), suggesting "nook of land of Hōcanere" (a tribe), from Old English halh (haugh). This same tribe's name occurs in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire. It has been suggested that the name Hucknall once referred to a larger area on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border. Two other settlements in the locality are called Hucknall; Hucknall-under-Huthwaite, in Nottinghamshire, (known today as Huthwaite) and Ault Hucknall in Derbyshire. It is likely that Hucknall Torkard marked the southern boundary of this larger Hucknall Area.