Hemblington Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.6503°N 1.4772°W
Os Grid Reference:TG353115
Official Name:Hemblington
Population:332
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Area Total Km2:3.03
Static Image:Hemblington-g5.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Hemblington All Saints in the snow
Region:East of England
Civil Parish:Hemblington
Postcode District:NR13
Postcode Area:NR
Post Town:NORWICH

Hemblington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about east of Norwich.It covers an area of 3.03km2 and had a population of 316 in 134 households at the 2001 census,[2] increasing to a population of 332 in 146 households at the 2011 Census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. As well as the village of Hemblington the parish includes the hamlet of Pedham some NaNmiles to the northwest.

The villages name means 'farm/settlement connected with Hemele'.

The Domesday Book records Hemblington as Hemelingetun.

Church of All Saints

The Church of England parish church of All Saints is in the deanery of Blofield and is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. There is a famous 15th-century painting of St Christopher inside the church, which was uncovered and restored by Professor E. W. Tristram of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1937. It is a Grade I listed building.

Hemblington Hall

Hemblington Hall is a grade II listed Georgian house dating from c.1700.

Notes

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Hemblington

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 5 August 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes