Hemington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lockington-Hemington, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.[1] In 1931 the parish had a population of 298.[2]
| Hemington | |
|---|---|
 Hemington Primary School | |
  Hemington Location within Leicestershire | |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Derby |
| Postcode district | DE74 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
In 1790, the nearby Harrington Bridge was built to create a crossing of the River Trent. The new bridge was a toll bridge and everyone except locals living in Hemington or Sawley (in Derbyshire) were required to pay the toll.[3]
Hemington was historically a township and chapelry in the parish of Lockington.[4] It became a separate civil parish in 1866, but on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Lockington, on 14 May 1938 the parish was renamed Lockington Hemington.[5][6]
Gravel quarrying at Hemington during the 1990s led to the discovery of three sets of remains from successive medieval bridges across the Trent.[7][8]
Although there is not a rail station in the village, East Midlands Parkway opened early in 2008 at Ratcliffe-on-Soar providing links on the Midland Main Line.
References
edit- ^ The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.
- ^ "Population statistics Hemington Tn/Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ The Long Eaton and Sawley Archive, accessed January 2010
- ^ "History of Hemington in North West Leicestershire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ "Loughborough Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Ripper, S. and Cooper L.P., 2009, The Hemington Bridges: "The Excavation of Three Medieval Bridges at Hemington Quarry, Near Castle Donington, Leicestershire", Leicester Archaeology Monograph
- ^ "Story behind the Hemington Quarry bridge in Leicestershire". BBC. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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