Hargrave, Northamptonshire

Hargrave
All Hallows Church
Hargrave is located in Northamptonshire
Hargrave
Hargrave
Location within Northamptonshire
Population241 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL0370
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWellingborough
Postcode districtNN9
Dialling code01933
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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52°19′26″N 0°28′48″W / 52.324°N 0.480°W / 52.324; -0.480

Hargrave is a small village and civil parish situated in rural Northamptonshire, England, approximately 21 miles east of Northampton and adjacent to the Northamptonshire-Cambridgeshire-Bedfordshire border. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 236 people,.[1] increasing to 241 at the 2011 census.[2]

The villages name origin is uncertain. 'The hare grove', 'hoar grove' or in a transferred sense of Old English 'har', 'boundary grove' which it could potentially be because the parish borders both Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire.[3]

The 12th century, All Hallows Church is at the centre of the village. The village has a village hall with several active societies.

In 2007, Hargrave, Raunds, Ringstead and Stanwick were legally united as "The 4 Spires Benefice", with each village retaining its own church.[4]

Heritage assets

The following buildings and structures are listed by Historic England as of special architectural or historic interest.[5]

Geography

Ringstead, Keyston, Stanwick, Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Thrapston, Raunds, Wellingborough, Chelveston, Irthlingborough, Upper Dean, Shelton and Covington are places near Hargrave.

Demography

  • In 1801 there were 158 persons[6]
  • In 1831 there were 203 persons[6]
  • In 1841 there were 257 persons[6]
  • In 2001 there were 236 persons[7]
  • In 2011 there were 241 persons[7]

References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Hargrave CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 12 November 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  4. ^ "4 Spires Benefice". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  5. ^ National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
  6. ^ a b c William Whellan & Co. (1849). History, Gazetteer and Directory Northamptonshire. Whittaker & Co. p. 885.
  7. ^ a b Office for National Statistics

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