Hemington, Northamptonshire
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]
| Hemington | |
|---|---|
.svg.png.webp)  Hemington Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 257 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TL0984 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode district | PE8 |
| Dialling code | 01832 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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
- Streetmap.co.uk: 1:25,000 mapping. Retrieved 12 November 2009
- 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
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- "Key to English Place-names".
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