We could not match "HECKINGTON" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 19 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "HECKINGTON":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BILLINGBOROUGH	Lincolnshire	Heckington r. station. It has a post office‡ under Folkingham. Acres, 2,020. Real property, £6,70 4. Pop., 1,149. Houses	Imperial
  BURTON-PEDWARDINE	Lincolnshire	Heckington r. station, and 4½ SE of Sleaford. Post Town, Heckington, under Sleaford. Acres, 2,580. Real property, £2,427. Pop., 135. Houses	Imperial
  East Heckington	Lincolnshire	East Heckington , 5 m. SE. of Sleaford, Lincoln; P.O.	Bartholomew
  Garrick	Lincolnshire	Garrick , hamlet, Heckington par., S. Lincolnshire, 4 miles NW. of Swineshead.	Bartholomew
  GARRICK	Lincolnshire	GARRICK , a hamlet in Heckington parish, Lincoln; 4¼ miles NW of Swineshead.	Imperial
  Garwick	Lincolnshire	Garwick , hamlet, Heckington par., S. Lincolnshire, 5½ miles SE. of Sleaford.	Bartholomew
  GARWICK	Lincolnshire	GARWICK , a hamlet in Heckington parish, Lincoln; 5½ miles ESE of Sleaford. Pop., 31.	Imperial
  HALE (GREAT)	Lincolnshire	Heckington r. station, and 5 ESE of Sleaford. Real property, £7, 258. Pop., 687. Houses, 151. The parish includes	Imperial
  Heckington	Lincolnshire	Heckington , par. and vil. with ry. sta., Lincolnshire, 5 miles SE. of Sleaford, 5720 ac., pop. 1766; P.O., T.O.	Bartholomew
  HECKINGTON	Lincolnshire	HECKINGTON , a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Sleaford district, Lincoln. The village stands adjacent to the Boston	Imperial
  HELPRINGHAM	Lincolnshire	Heckington r. station, and 6 SE of Sleaford; and has a post office under Sleaford, and a police station. The parish	Imperial
  HORBLING	Lincolnshire	Heckington r. station; and has a post office under Folkingham. The parish includes also the hamlet of Bridge-End, and comprises	Imperial
  HOWELL	Lincolnshire	Heckington r. station, and 4½ N by E of Sleaford. Post town, Sleaford. Acres, 1, 650. Real property, £1, 985. Pop., 72. Houses	Imperial
  LINCOLN	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire	Heckington, Helpringham, Asgarby, Scredington, New Sleaford, Old Sleaford, and Swarby. The deanery of Beltisloe-first contains the rectories of Burton	Imperial
  LINCOLNSHIRE, or LINCOLN	Lincolnshire	them are the cathedral at Lincoln, the churches at Boston, Clee, Grantham, Gedney, Louth, Great Ponton, Stamford, Heckington, and Stow.	Imperial
  OAT-SHEAF	Lincolnshire	OAT-SHEAF , a hamlet in Heckington parish, Lincoln; 4¼ miles E of Sleaford.	Imperial
  POINTON	Lincolnshire	Heckington r. station; is a pleasant place; and has a post-office under Falkingham. The chapelry comprises 1, 630 acres	Imperial
  SIX-HUNDREDS	Lincolnshire	Heckington parish, Lincoln; 5½ miles ESE of Sleaford. Sheep and cattle fairs are held here on 10 Oct., and on the Wednesday	Imperial
  SWATON	Lincolnshire	Heckington r. station, and 5 NE by E of Falkingham. Post town, Falkingham. Acres, 3,670. Real property, £5,184. Pop., 297. Houses	Imperial

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