Hargrave, Northamptonshire

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Hargrave
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Hargrave
Location within Northamptonshire
Population241 (2011)
OS grid reference TL0370
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Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Wellingborough
Postcode district NN9
Dialling code 01933
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52°19′26″N0°28′48″W / 52.324°N 0.480°W / 52.324; -0.480 Coordinates: 52°19′26″N0°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]

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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

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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. 1 2 3 William Whellan & Co. (1849). History, Gazetteer and Directory Northamptonshire. Whittaker & Co. p. 885.
  7. 1 2 Office for National Statistics

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