Country: | England |
Official Name: | Hargrave |
Coordinates: | 52.324°N -0.48°W |
Population: | 241 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Unitary England: | North Northamptonshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Northamptonshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Corby |
Post Town: | Wellingborough |
Postcode District: | NN9 |
Postcode Area: | NN |
Dial Code: | 01933 |
Os Grid Reference: | TL0370 |
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]
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]
The following buildings and structures are listed by Historic England as of special architectural or historic interest.[5]
Ringstead, Keyston, Stanwick, Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Thrapston, Raunds, Wellingborough, Chelveston, Irthlingborough, Upper Dean, Shelton and Covington are places near Hargrave.