62557 The settlement of South Hykeham is first documented in the Domesday Book, and therefore probably has its origins in the Anglo-Saxon period. Sokeland of Doddington Pigot manor belonging to Baldwin the Fleming is recorded. The minimum population at that time was 14. The placename 'Hykeham' means 'the homestead, estate where the blue tit-mouse is found', derived from Old English. {1}{2} 18 households were recorded in the Diocesan returns of 1563. {3} In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century 52 families were recorded in South Hyeham and Haddington. {4} The population of South Hykeham in 1801 was 87, peaked in 1881 at 118, and fell to 94 in 1901. {5}