Hemington, Northamptonshire

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Hemington
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Hemington
Location within Northamptonshire
Population257 (2011)
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Post town Peterborough
Postcode district PE8
Dialling code 01832
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52°26′51″N0°23′25″W / 52.4475°N 0.3903°W / 52.4475; -0.3903 Coordinates: 52°26′51″N0°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]

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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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