Ault Hucknall

Ault Hucknall (Old English: Hucca's nook of land[1]) is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England.

The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,053.

[2] Local residents describe the settlement as the 'smallest village in England', as it consists of only a church and three houses.

[nb 1] The philosopher Thomas Hobbes was interred within Ault Hucknall's St John the Baptist Church following his death in 1679.

[3] Hardwick Hall is within the parish boundary, which also contains the settlements of Astwith, Bramley Vale, Doe Lea, Hardstoft, Rowthorne and Stainsby.