Hargrave,_Northamptonshire

Hargrave, Northamptonshire

Hargrave, Northamptonshire

Human settlement in England

Hargrave is a small village and civil parish situated in rural Northamptonshire, England, approximately 21 miles east of Northampton and adjacent to the Northamptonshire-Cambridgeshire-Bedfordshire border. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 236 people,.[1] increasing to 241 at the 2011 census.[2]

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The villages name origin is uncertain. 'The hare grove', 'hoar grove' or in a transferred sense of Old English 'har', 'boundary grove' which it could potentially be because the parish borders both Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire.[3]

The 12th century, All Hallows Church is at the centre of the village. The village has a village hall with several active societies.

In 2007, Hargrave, Raunds, Ringstead and Stanwick were legally united as "The 4 Spires Benefice", with each village retaining its own church.[4]

Heritage assets

The following buildings and structures are listed by Historic England as of special architectural or historic interest.[5]

Geography

Ringstead, Keyston, Stanwick, Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Thrapston, Raunds, Wellingborough, Chelveston, Irthlingborough, Upper Dean, Shelton and Covington are places near Hargrave.

Demography

  • In 1801 there were 158 persons[6]
  • In 1831 there were 203 persons[6]
  • In 1841 there were 257 persons[6]
  • In 2001 there were 236 persons[7]
  • In 2011 there were 241 persons[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Office for National Statistics: Hargrave CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 12 November 2009
  2. [2]
    "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Key to English Place-names".
  4. [4]
    "4 Spires Benefice". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  5. [5]
    National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
  6. [6]
    William Whellan & Co. (1849). History, Gazetteer and Directory Northamptonshire. Whittaker & Co. p. 885.
  7. [7]
    Office for National Statistics

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