Hemingbrough
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Hemingbrough is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, approximately from Selby and from Howden on the A63. It was in the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, but since 1974 has come under North Yorkshire. The village has a 12th-century former collegiate church (Hemingbrough Minster), a Methodist chapel and shops. There is a primary school and nursery. The surrounding area makes up part of the Humberhead Levels and is flat land, mainly used for mixed agriculture. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2020.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hemingbrough
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,483
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Hemingbrough
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary's Church, Hemingbrough.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Church
- UK place.population
- 2,020
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Hemingbrough
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.post_town
- SELBY
- UK place.postcode_area
- YO
- UK place.postcode_district
- YO8
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SE674306
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2020
- Image
- St Mary's Church, Hemingbrough.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hemingbrough
- postal code
- YO8
- OS grid reference
- SE467430
- P8168
- Cascavel
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6 sectionsContents
- History and overview
- Parish church
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Hemingbrough is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, approximately from Selby and from Howden on the A63. It was in the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, but since 1974 has come under North Yorkshire. The village has a 12th-century former collegiate church (Hemingbrough Minster), a Methodist chapel and shops. There is a primary school and nursery. The surrounding area makes up part of the Humberhead Levels and is flat land, mainly used for mixed agriculture. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2020.
==History and overview== thumb|left|Hemingbrough station The toponym is of uncertain origin. The place is mentioned in the Knýtlinga saga, and the name may be the burh of a Viking named Hemingr. Alternative explanations are that it was the burh of the followers of a man called Hema, or the burh by the fish-weir (Old English hemming).
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