Hemblington

Hemblington
Hemblington
	Hemblington All Saints in the snow
	Hemblington Location within Norfolk
Area	3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Population	332 (2011)
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG353115
Civil parish	Hemblington;
District	Broadland;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR13
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°39′01″N 1°28′38″E / 52.6503°N 1.4772°E

Hemblington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about 8 miles (13 km) east of Norwich. It covers an area of 3.03 km² (1.17 sq mi) 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 1 1⁄2 miles (2 km) 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.^[3]

Hemblington Hall

Hemblington Hall is a grade II listed Georgian house dating from c.1700.^[4]

Notes

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1051490)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
^ Historic England. "HEMBLINGTON HALL (1051491)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

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

External links

Media related to Hemblington at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[2] Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[3] Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1051490)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 June 2009.

[4] Historic England. "HEMBLINGTON HALL (1051491)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

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