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Hathern
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Also known as Hathern, Leicestershire

Hathern is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The village itself is located in the north of the district, and is just north of Loughborough. It is served by the A6. The parish has a population of about 1,800. Nearby places are Dishley, Long Whatton, and Zouch, over the border in Nottinghamshire. Residents of the village have, in recent years, campaigned to prevent the green "wedge" separating Loughborough, Shepshed and Hathern from being built on. The village is home to the Swift Sock Factory, one of only a small number of independent sock manufact

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Place details

Locality
Charnwood
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
1,866
Timezone
Europe/London

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UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Hathern
UK place.population
1,866
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.shire_district
Charnwood
UK place.shire_county
Leicestershire
UK place.region
East Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster
Loughborough
UK place.post_town
Loughborough
UK place.postcode_area
LE
UK place.postcode_district
LE12
UK place.dial_code
01509
UK place.static_image_caption
St Peter & St Paul Church, Hathern
UK place.static_image_name
Hathern parish church 2006-04-06 023web.jpg

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Population
1866
Image
Hathern parish church 2006-04-06 023web.jpg
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Hathern
postal code
LE12
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  • Notable residents
  • History
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Hathern is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The village itself is located in the north of the district, and is just north of Loughborough. It is served by the A6. The parish has a population of about 1,800. Nearby places are Dishley, Long Whatton, and Zouch, over the border in Nottinghamshire. Residents of the village have, in recent years, campaigned to prevent the green "wedge" separating Loughborough, Shepshed and Hathern from being built on. The village is home to the Swift Sock Factory, one of only a small number of independent sock manufacturers left in the UK. thumb|upright|left|Hathern Signpost

== Notable residents == John Heathcoat (1783–1861), inventor and industrialist, operated a textile mill in Hathern (where, in 1808–9, he invented the bobbin net machine, for weaving a lace-like hexagonal net), before moving his business first to Loughborough, and later to Tiverton, Devon.

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