Heckley, Denwick

Heckley is a distributed group of farms/hamlets, located about 1½ miles north of Alnwick in Northumberland. They include Heckley House, Heckley High House and Heckley Fence. A vill or township of Heckley (or Hincliff) was first documented in 1147, with at least ten free owners of houses and lands, and with the moor or common.^[1] There are few visible remains of the Medieval settlement, which was most likely centred on Heckley Grange. The 1860 Northumberland Farm Index includes Heckley Fence, Heckley Grange, Heckley House and Heckley High House, all within the township of Abbeylands, in the ancient parish of Alnwick. Today, they are part of Denwick Civil Parish. Heckley House dates from the late 18th century and is a Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England. Heckley High House dates from c1810 (Grade II listed) and the dovecote at Heckley Fence dates from the 18th century (also Grade II listed).