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Hempton

Coordinates: 52°49′N 0°50′E / 52.82°N 0.83°E / 52.82; 0.83
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This article is about the village in Norfolk, England. For the village in Oxfordshire, England, see Hempton, Oxfordshire. For the surname, see Hempton (surname).

Hempton
Hempton Village Sign
Hempton is located in Norfolk
Hempton
Hempton
Location within Norfolk
Area0.83 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Population523 (2021 census)
• Density630/sq mi (240/km2)
Civil parish
  • Hempton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFakenham
Postcode districtNR21
Dialling code01328
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52°49′N 0°50′E / 52.82°N 0.83°E / 52.82; 0.83

Hempton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, along the course of the River Wensum.

Hempton is 0.8 miles (1.3 km) south-west of Fakenham and 33.9 miles (54.6 km) north west of Norwich.

History

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Hempton's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Hemma's settlement.[1]

In the Domesday Book, Hempton is listed as a settlement of 8 households in the hundred of Brothercross. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of William de Warenne.[2]

In 1135, an Augustinian Hospital was founded in the parish which, by 1200, had evolved into a Priory. The building was dissolved in the Sixteenth Century.[3] Recent excavations, coupled with research of records, have established that the importance of this priory had been lost to history. The Priory had previously owned the mill and owned the bridge to Fakenham, together with the next nearby bridge at Ryburgh,.

Between 1797 and 1925, a watermill stood in Hempton along the banks of the River Wensum, which was eventually demolished by the East Suffolk and Norfolk Drainage Board. Locally, the mill was known as Goggs' Mill after the miller, Thomas Goggs, who operated the mill from 1850 to 1912.[4][5]

Geography

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According to the 2021 census, Hempton has a population of 523 people which shows an increase from the 505 people recorded in the 2011 census.[6]

Hempton stands on the River Wensum and the A1065, between Mildenhall and Fakenham.

Holy Trinity Church

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Hempton's parish church was built in 1856 by John Henry Hakewill at the request of the Reverend Charles Moxon. Holy Trinity is located within the village on The Green and has been Grade II listed since 2006.[7] The church remains open for Sunday service every week.[8]

Holy Trinity was later expanded in the 1950s by J.P. Chaplin using stone from the Church of St. Michael at Thorn which was destroyed during the Norwich Blitz.[9]

Governance

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Hempton is part of the electoral ward of The Raynhams for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

Hempton falls under the Fakenham & The Raynhams electoral division for local elections to return a county councillor to Norfolk County Council. Cllr Tom FitzPatrick has been the county councillor for the Division since 2013.

The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.

War Memorial

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Hempton's war memorial is a set of brass plaques located inside Holy Trinity Church which list the following names for the First World War:[10][11]

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Burial/Commemoration
LCpl. Robert F. Cooke 9th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers 4 Oct. 1917 Cement House Cemetery
Dvr. William Morgan 33rd Bde., Royal Field Artillery 28 May 1918 Hermonville Cemetery
Gnr. Robert Barnes 22nd Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery 29 Sep. 1917 Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
Pte. Christopher Gardner 2nd Bn., Border Regiment 16 May 1915 Le Touret Memorial
Pte. Albert E. Yallop 265th Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery 12 Dec. 1917 Lijssenthoek Cemetery
Pte. Charles E. Crisp 2/6th Bn., Gloucestershire Regiment 6 Apr. 1917 Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Albert E. Nicholson 2nd (City) Bn., London Regiment 12 Apr. 1917 Arras Memorial
Pte. Robert Howes 27th Coy., Machine Gun Corps 3 May 1917 Arras Memorial
Pte. Frederick J. Varley 5th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 19 Apr. 1917 Gaza War Cemetery
Pte. Lewis H. Wright 7th Bn., Norfolk Regt. 19 Feb. 1916 Chocques Cemetery
Pte. Horace A. Rump[a] 8th Bn., Norfolk Regt. 19 Jul. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Richard H.M. Barnes 9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. 15 Sep. 1916 Serre Road Cemetery
Pte. Henry J. Balls 9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. 14 Oct. 1917 Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Charles E. Tuck[b] 9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. 18 Oct. 1918 Niederzwehren Cemetery
Pte. Isaac Sheringham[c] 2nd Bn., Suffolk Regiment 11 Apr. 1917 Tilloy British Cemetery
Pte. Robert Wright 11th Bn., Royal Sussex Regiment 16 Sep. 1916 Auchonvillers Cemetery

The following names were added after the Second World War:

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Burial/Commemoration
SLt. Glyn R. Glynn HMS Manners 26 Jan. 1945 Fakenham Cemetery
FSgt. Bernard Utting[d] No. 9 Squadron RAF 31 Mar. 1944 Fakenham Cemetery
Sgt. Donald A. Jones 5th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment 22 Jan. 1942 Kranji War Memorial
AS Bertram G. Dew HMS President 7 Nov. 1942 Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Gnr. Frederick H. Barber 61 Regt., Royal Artillery 16 Dec. 1944 Schoonselhof Cemetery
Pte. Ernest R. Smith Royal Army Service Corps 12 Jan. 1940 Grange Road Cemetery
Pte. Walter W. Chapman 2nd Bn., Hampshire Regiment 9 Sep. 1943 Salerno War Cemetery
Pte. Ralph Jones 5th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment 14 Feb. 1942 Kranji War Cemetery
Pte. Leslie Palmer 5th Bn., Royal Norfolks 14 Jun. 1943 Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Pte. Jack Tooley 5th Bn., Royal Norfolks 21 Sep. 1944 Kranji War Memorial

Footnotes

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Notes

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  1. ^ Private Rump worked as a servant before enlisting in Norwich.
  2. ^ Private Tuck worked as a bricklayer, apprenticed to his father Mr. Isaac Tuck, before enlisting in Norwich.
  3. ^ Private Sheringham worked as an Apprentice Printer before enlisting in Norwich.
  4. ^ Flight Sergeant Utting was an Air Gunner aboard an Avro Lancaster.

References

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  1. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Hempton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  3. ^ "MNF7110 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Norfolk Mills - Hempton watermill". www.norfolkmills.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  5. ^ "MNF14371 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Hempton (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Church of the Holy Trinity , Hempton - 1391769 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Hempton: Holy Trinity". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Hempton". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
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