Hemblington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about east of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 316 in 134 households at the 2001 census, 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 to the northwest.

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

Hemblington

The Domesday Book records Hemblington as Hemelingetun.

Hemblington

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.

Hemblington

Hemblington Hall

Hemblington Hall is a grade II listed Georgian house dating from c.1700.

Notes

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Hemblington

External links

Official website of Hemblington Church

All Saints on the European Round Tower Churches Website

GENUKI: Hemblington

area information

Broadland

Villages in Norfolk

Churches in Norfolk

Civil parishes in Norfolk