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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hemington like this:
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.
Hemington is now part of NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hemington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hemington, in North West Leicestershire and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10863
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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