Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hikelinga 1086 DB R1 BM

• Hikkelinge Hy2 Bodl

• Hikeling(e) 12(p),c.1150 HMC 1198 Cur 1203 FF 1209 Ass 1254–75 Val 1275 RH 1361 BM

• Hykelingga 1163–66 Holme

• Hikelinges 1191to1195 P 1192 P

• Hekeling 1204 Ch

• Hykeling(e) 1226 Cl 1250to1286 Ass 1280 Ipm

• Ikelinge 1256 FF 1257 Ass

• Hiclinghe 1269 ib

• Hykelingg(e) Ed1,1323 Ipm

• Hykklyngg 1293 FF

• Hykelynges 1309 FF

• Hikelyng 1313 Orig 1374,1375 Ipm 1384 Pat 1403 FF 1428 FA 1450 Pat

• Hickelingge 1314 FF

• Hikelingg 1324 Ipm

• Hekelyngg(e) 1324,1326 ib

• Hiclyng 1327 Cl

• Hykelyng(g) 1330 SR 1343 BM 1371 Cl 1380,1392 Pat

• Hikelyngge 1374 FF

• Hekelyng 1375 Ipm 1436 Fine 1485 Pat

• Hyklyng(e) 1402 FA 1535 VE

• Hyckelyng 1548 Pat

Etymology

An ing -derivative of the OE  pers.n. Hicel (a ), found in Hiceles wyrþ (wyrð ) BCS 27, 862. v. PN-ing 1962: 58. The palatalization of c would have been stopped in forms before the consonant.Identical with this name is Hickling in Nt (PN Nt 235). The church, dedicated to St Mary, was appropriated to Hickling Priory until the Dissolution (Blomefield IX 306, v. Priory Farm infra ).