Hemblington’s name is of [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] origin and derives from the [[Old English]] for ”Hemele’s” settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Hemblington |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>
Hemblington’s name is of [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] origin and derives from the [[Old English]] for ”Hemele’s” settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Hemblington |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>
In the [[Domesday Book]], Hemblington is listed as a settlement of 39 households [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of Walsham. In 1086, the village was part of the [[East Anglia|East Anglian]] estates of [[King William I]] and [[William de Beaufeu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemblington {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3511/hemblington/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=opendomesday.org}}</ref>
In the [[Domesday Book]], Hemblington is listed as a settlement of 39 households [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of Walsham. In 1086, the village was part of the [[East Anglia]] estates of [[King William I]] and [[William de Beaufeu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemblington {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3511/hemblington/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=opendomesday.org}}</ref>
[[Hemblington Hall]] is an 18th century brick manor house which was built as the residence of the Heath family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=mnf8522 – Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf8522 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref>
[[Hemblington Hall]] is an 18thcentury brick manor house which was built as the residence of the Heath family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=mnf8522 – Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf8522 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref>
In 1997, a group of metal detectorists reported seeing an [[unidentified flying object]] in the skies above a field in the parish. The object took the form of flashing lights of various colours which suddenly disappeared.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Paranormal Database – Norfolk |url=https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/norfolk/norpages/norfdata.php?pageNum_paradata=6&totalRows_paradata=414 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.paranormaldatabase.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>
In 1997, a group of metal detectorists reported seeing an [[unidentified flying object]] in the skies above a field in the parish. The object took the form of flashing lights of various colours which suddenly disappeared.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Paranormal Database – Norfolk |url=https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/norfolk/norpages/norfdata.php?pageNum_paradata=6&totalRows_paradata=414 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.paranormaldatabase.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>
==All Saints’ Church==
==All Saints’ Church==
Hemblington’s parish church dates from the Twelfth Century and is one of [[Norfolk|Norfolk’s]] 124 remaining [[Round-tower church|round-tower churches]]. All Saints’ is located outside of the village on Church Lane and has been Grade I listed since 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Hemblington – 1051490 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1051490?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> The church holds Sunday service once a month and ha been restored with the help of the [[National Churches Trust]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemblington: All Saints |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2821/service-and-events/events-all/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemblington All Saints {{!}} National Churches Trust |url=https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/all-saints-hemblington |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.nationalchurchestrust.org |language=en}}</ref>
Hemblington’s parish church dates from the Twelfth Century and is one of [[Norfolk|Norfolk’s]] 124 remaining [[-tower church]]. All Saints’ is located outside of the village on Church Lane and has been Grade I listed since 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Hemblington – 1051490 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1051490?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> The church holds Sunday service once a month and ha been restored with the help of the [[National Churches Trust]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemblington: All Saints |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2821/service-and-events/events-all/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemblington All Saints {{!}} National Churches Trust |url=https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/all-saints-hemblington |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.nationalchurchestrust.org |language=en}}</ref>
All Saints’ features a Fifteenth Century [[Baptismal font|font]] which was authentically repainted in the 1930s by the art historian, [[Ernest William Tristram]], who also restored a large wall painting of [[Saint Christopher]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Norfolk Churches Site |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hemblington/hemblington.htm |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}</ref>
All Saints’ features a Fifteenth Century [[Baptismal font|font]] which was authentically repainted in the 1930s by the art historian, [[Ernest William Tristram]], who also restored a large wall painting of [[Saint Christopher]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Norfolk Churches Site |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hemblington/hemblington.htm |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}</ref>
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|George E. Weston [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]]{{Efn|Squadron Leader Weston emigrated to New Zealand at an early age and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1938. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross whilst persisting in an air raid on a enemy vessel at harbour in Brest despite the fact his starboard engine had stopped working. Weston was killed when his Avro Lancaster failed to take off from RAF Woolfox Lodge.}}
|George E. Weston [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]]{{Efn|Squadron Leader Weston emigrated to New Zealand at an early age and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1938. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross whilst persisting in an air raid on enemy vessel at harbour in Brest despite the fact his starboard engine had stopped working. Weston was killed when his Avro Lancaster failed to take off from RAF Woolfox Lodge.}}
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|[[No. 61 Squadron RAF]]
|1 Oct. 1942
|1 Oct. 1942
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Village in Norfolk, England
Human settlement in England
Hemblington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The parish also includes the smaller village of Pedham.
Hemblington is located 2.8 miles (4.5 km) west of Acle and 7.8 miles (12.6 km) east of Norwich.
Hemblington’s name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Hemele’s settlement.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Hemblington is listed as a settlement of 39 households hundred of Walsham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I and William de Beaufeu.[2]
Hemblington Hall is an 18th-century brick manor house which was built as the residence of the Heath family.[3]
In 1997, a group of metal detectorists reported seeing an unidentified flying object in the skies above a field in the parish. The object took the form of flashing lights of various colours which suddenly disappeared.[4]
According to the 2021 census, Hemblington has a population of 384 people compared to 332 people recorded in the 2011 census.[5]
Hemblington’s parish church dates from the Twelfth Century and is one of Norfolk’s 124 remaining round-tower churches. All Saints’ is located outside of the village on Church Lane and has been Grade I listed since 1962.[6] The church holds Sunday service once a month and ha been restored with the help of the National Churches Trust.[7][8]
All Saints’ features a Fifteenth Century font which was authentically repainted in the 1930s by the art historian, Ernest William Tristram, who also restored a large wall painting of Saint Christopher.[9]
Hemblington is part of the electoral ward of Blofield with South Walsham for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.
The village’s national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party’s Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.
Hemblington’s war memorials are two stone plaques inside All Saints’ Church which list the following names for the First World War:[10][11]
The following names were added after the Second World War:
- ^ Private Browne had been employed as a gamekeeper in Hemblington before enlisting.
- ^ Squadron Leader Weston emigrated to New Zealand at an early age and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1938. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross whilst persisting in an air raid on an enemy vessel at harbour in Brest despite the fact his starboard engine had stopped working. Weston was killed when his Avro Lancaster failed to take off from RAF Woolfox Lodge.
- ^ Flight Sergeant Weston was the brother of the above and was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1922. He enlisted in 1942 and was killed serving as Bombardier in a Short Stirling crash-landing at RAF Stradishall in 1944.
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