Hemblington | |
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![]() All Saints' Church | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 1.17 sq mi (3.0 km2) |
Population | 384 (2021 census) |
• Density | 328/sq mi (127/km2) |
OS grid reference | TG353115 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NORWICH |
Postcode district | NR13 |
Dialling code | 01603 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Hemblington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The parish also includes the smaller village of Pedham.
Hemblington is located 2.8 miles (4.5 km) west of Acle and 7.8 miles (12.6 km) east of Norwich.
Hemblington's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Hemele's settlement. [1]
In the Domesday Book, Hemblington is listed as a settlement of 39 households hundred of Walsham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I and William de Beaufeu. [2]
Hemblington Hall is an Eighteenth Century brick manor house which was built as the residence of the Heath family. [3]
In 1997, a group of metal detectorists reported seeing a unidentified flying object in the skies above a field in the parish. The object took the form of flashing lights of various colours which suddenly disappeared. [4]
According to the 2021 census, Hemblington has a population of 384 people which shows a decrease from the 332 people recorded in the 2011 census. [5]
Hemblington's parish church dates from the Twelfth Century and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. All Saints' is located outside of the village on Church Lane and has been Grade I listed since 1962. [6] The church holds Sunday service once a month and ha been restored with the help of the National Churches Trust. [7] [8]
All Saints' features a Fifteenth Century font which was authentically repainted in the 1930s by the art historian, Ernest William Tristram, who also restored a large wall painting of Saint Christopher. [9]
Hemblington is part of the electoral ward of Blofield with South Walsham for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.
The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.
Hemblington's war memorials are two stone plaques inside All Saints' Church which list the following names for the First World War: [10] [11]
Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial/Commemoration |
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Sjt. | William A. Evans | 8th Bn., Durham Light Infantry | 5 Nov. 1916 | Warlencourt British Cemetery |
LCpl. | James Clare | 195th Coy., Machine Gun Corps | 7 Aug. 1917 | Menin Gate |
Pte. | James Browne [a] | 13th Bn., Royal Fusiliers | 14 Nov. 1916 | Thiepval Memorial |
The following names were added after the Second World War:
Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial/Commemoration |
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SqLdr | George E. Weston DFC [b] | No. 61 Squadron RAF | 1 Oct. 1942 | All Saints' Churchyard |
FSgt. | Godfrey R. Weston [c] | Royal New Zealand Air Force | 20 Apr. 1944 | All Saints' Churchyard |
Gdsm. | Benjamin D. Barber | 1st Bn., Coldstream Guards | 30 May 1940 | Veurne Cemetery |
Dvr. | Ronald Hylton | 15 Coy., R. Army Service Corps | 12 Jun. 1943 | Benghazi War Cemetery |
Dvr. | Cyril W. Hylton | 838 Coy., R.A.S.C. | 4 May 1945 | Holten War Cemetery |
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