Hemblington

Hemblington
Hemblington All Saints in the snow
Hemblington Location within Norfolk
Area	3.03 km² (1.17 sq mi)
Population	332 (2011)^[1]
• Density	110/km² (280/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG353115
Civil parish	Hemblington
District	Broadland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR13

Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England

List of places UK England Norfolk 52°39′01″N 1°28′38″E / 52.6503°N 1.4772°E / 52.6503; 1.4772

Hemblington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about 8 miles (13 km) east of Norwich. It covers an area of 3.03 km² (1.17 sq mi) and had a population of 316 in 134 households at the 2001 census,^[2] increasing to a population of 332 in 146 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. As well as the village of Hemblington the parish includes the hamlet of Pedham some 1+1⁄2 miles (2 km) to the northwest.

The villages name means 'farm/settlement connected with Hemele'.

The Domesday Book records Hemblington as Hemelingetun.

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Church of All Saints

The Church of England parish church of All Saints is in the deanery of Blofield and is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. There is a famous 15th-century painting of St Christopher inside the church, which was uncovered and restored by Professor E. W. Tristram of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1937. It is a Grade I listed building.^[3]