Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HEMINGTON

HEMINGTON, a township in Lockington parish, Leicester; S of the river Trent, 2 miles NW of Kegworth. Acres, 1, 400. Real property, £2, 716. Pop., 385. Houses, 91. It was formerly a parish; and it still has considerable ruins of its church. The manor belongs to Sir John H. Crewe, Bart. There is a Methodist chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Leicestershire Ancient County
Place: Hemington

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