Hemblington

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Hemblington
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Hemblington
Location within Norfolk
Area1.17 sq mi (3.0 km2)
Population384 (2021 census)
•  Density 328/sq mi (127/km2)
OS grid reference TG353115
Civil parish
  • Hemblington
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR13
Dialling code 01603
Police Norfolk
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Ambulance East of England
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52°39′01″N1°28′38″E / 52.6503°N 1.4772°E / 52.6503; 1.4772

Hemblington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The parish also includes the smaller village of Pedham.

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Hemblington is located 2.8 miles (4.5 km) west of Acle and 7.8 miles (12.6 km) east of Norwich.

History

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 an 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]

Geography

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]

All Saints' Church

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]

Governance

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.

War Memorial

Hemblington's war memorials are two stone plaques inside All Saints' Church which list the following names for the First World War: [10] [11]

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial/Commemoration
Sjt.William A. Evans8th Bn., Durham Light Infantry 5 Nov. 1916 Warlencourt British Cemetery
LCpl.James Clare195th 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:

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial/Commemoration
SqLdrGeorge E. Weston DFC [b] No. 61 Squadron RAF 1 Oct. 1942All Saints' Churchyard
FSgt.Godfrey R. Weston [c] Royal New Zealand Air Force 20 Apr. 1944All Saints' Churchyard
Gdsm.Benjamin D. Barber1st Bn., Coldstream Guards 30 May 1940 Veurne Cemetery
Dvr.Ronald Hylton15 Coy., R. Army Service Corps 12 Jun. 1943 Benghazi War Cemetery
Dvr.Cyril W. Hylton838 Coy., R.A.S.C.4 May 1945 Holten War Cemetery

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ↑ Private Browne had been employed as a gamekeeper in Hemblington before enlisting.
  2. ↑ Squadron Leader Weston emigrated to New Zealand at an early age and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1938. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross whilst persisting in an air raid on a enemy vessel at harbour in Brest despite the fact his starboard engine had stopped working. Weston was killed when his Avro Lancaster failed to take off from RAF Woolfox Lodge.
  3. ↑ Flight Sergeant Weston was the brother of the above and was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1922. He enlisted in 1942 and was killed serving as Bombardier in a Short Stirling crash-landing at RAF Stradishall in 1944.

References

  1. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Hemblington | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "mnf8522 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "The Paranormal Database - Norfolk". www.paranormaldatabase.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Hemblington (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Hemblington - 1051490 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Hemblington: All Saints". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Hemblington All Saints | National Churches Trust". www.nationalchurchestrust.org. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "The Norfolk Churches Site". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Hemblington". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.

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