Ticknall is a small, attractive and peaceful place in South Derbyshire, England.

Situated on the A514 road it has three pubs, several small businesses, and a primary school. Two hundred years ago it was considerably larger and noisier with lime quarries, tramways and potteries. Coal was also dug close to the village. Close to the village is Calke Abbey, now a National Trust property.

The old village of Tichenhalle is mentioned in the Doomsday Book, and probably existed from Anglo-Saxon times. Ticknall was an estate village to Calke Abbey until late in the 20th century. It reached its hey-day in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when the limeyards and the brickmaking, tile and pottery industries were operating at maximum capacity. The population reached 1500, treble the present number of around 500. Since the neighbouring Calke Abbey changed its status in 1984 from long-standing private occupation by the Harpur-Crewe family to semi-public administration by the National Trust, much of the village has changed. The break-up of the former estate has meant the sale of cottages and building land, altering not only the charming higgledy-pigglediness of the architecture, but also the dilution of the former feudal relationship between the villagers and their somewhat reclusive lords of the manor. The village has developed with examples of new buildings and renovations.

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NorthernModMarc (MT) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:56:37 -0000
My fatherland- Ticknall, Derbyshire. Very Dickensian... Snow, Fog, and cold. Guess who's having a white Xmas this year. Whoop, whoop! #fb
Up to my fatherland- Ticknall, Derbyshire. Very Dickensian... Snow, Fog, and cold. Guess who's having a white Xmas this year. Whoop, whoop!
NorthernModMarc (MT) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:51:03 -0000
Up to my fatherland- Ticknall, Derbyshire. Very Dickensian... Snow, Fog, and cold. Guess who's having a white Xmas this year. Whoop, whoop!

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