Hemingbrough
| Hemingbrough | |
 The spire of Saint Mary's, Hemingborough, is 191 feet (58 m) tall and was probably added in the early 15th century |
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  Hemingbrough Hemingbrough shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 3,571 (Census 2001)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SE467430 |
| Civil parish | Hemingbrough |
| District | Selby |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SELBY |
| Postcode district | YO8 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Hemingbrough is a small village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England that is located approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Selby and 4 miles (6.4 km) from Howden on the A63. The village has a 12th-century former collegiate church (Hemingbrough Minster), a Methodist chapel and shops. The village also has a primary school and nursery as well as a playing field for the local children. The surrounding area makes up part of the Humberhead Levels and is flat land mainly used for mixed agriculture. It is thought that from this village came Walter of Hemingbrough, one of Britain's early chroniclers. Writing in the 14th century, he gave us a history beginning with the Norman conquest, now in the British Museum.
Robert de Hemmingburgh, a royal clerk who became Master of the Rolls in Ireland, was born here in the late thirteenth century.
In 1989 Caron Keating and Blue Peter visited the village to replace the cockerel on the top of the church spire which had been damaged for several years.
Notable residents
- Jeremiah Smith (Royal Navy officer) (died 1675)[2]
References
- ↑ "Neighbourhood Statistics - Area: Hemingbrough (Ward)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
- ↑ "Smith or Smyth, Sir Jeremiah (d. 1675)". Dictionary of National Biography.
External links
Media related to Hemingbrough at Wikimedia Commons