Ault Hucknall is a small village, which gives its name to the surrounding civil parish

Civil parish

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, in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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, England

England

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Local residents describe the settlement as the "smallest village in England", although as a village

Village

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 is not legally defined in England, this is not a provable claim – many would refer to it as a hamlet. The philosopher Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes

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 was interred within Ault Hucknall’s St. John the Baptist Church following his death in 1679.

External links

• Ault Hucknall CP (Parish) Neighbourhood statistics
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   website, Office for National Statistics
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