Hemington, Northamptonshire

Hemington
Hemington is located in Northamptonshire
Hemington
Hemington
Location within Northamptonshire
Population257 (2011)
OS grid referenceTL0984
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPeterborough
Postcode districtPE8
Dialling code01832
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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52°26′51″N 0°23′25″W / 52.4475°N 0.3903°W / 52.4475; -0.3903

Hemington is a village and civil parish[1] in North Northamptonshire,[2] England. The parish population (including the neighbouring small parishes of Luddington-in-the-Brook and Thurning) at the 2011 Census was 257.[3]

The village's name means 'estate associated with a man called Hemma or Hemmi'. Other sources suggest the specific may be Old English hemming, meaning a border or an enclosure.[4]

References

  1. ^ Streetmap.co.uk: 1:25,000 mapping. Retrieved 12 November 2009
  2. ^ East Northamptonshire District Council: East Northamptonshire District Local Plan 1996: Hemington Strategy Statement Archived 13 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine. p232. Retrieved 12 November 2009
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Key to English Place-names".

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