Hempton
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| Area | 0.83 sq mi (2.1 km2) |
| Population | 523 (2021 census) |
| • Density | 630/sq mi (240/km2) |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Fakenham |
| Postcode district | NR21 |
| Dialling code | 01328 |
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| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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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
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
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
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
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
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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- ^ Private Rump worked as a servant before enlisting in Norwich.
- ^ Private Tuck worked as a bricklayer, apprenticed to his father Mr. Isaac Tuck, before enlisting in Norwich.
- ^ Private Sheringham worked as an Apprentice Printer before enlisting in Norwich.
- ^ Flight Sergeant Utting was an Air Gunner aboard an Avro Lancaster.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hempton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MNF7110 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Norfolk Mills - Hempton watermill". www.norfolkmills.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MNF14371 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hempton (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Church of the Holy Trinity, Hempton - 1391769 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hempton: Holy Trinity". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Hempton". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Geograph:: Hackford to Hunworth :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
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