Hargrave is a small village and civil parish situated in rural Northamptonshire, England, approximately 21 miles east of Northampton and adjacent to the Northamptonshire-Cambridgeshire-Bedfordshire border. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 236 people,.[1] increasing to 241 at the 2011 census.[2]
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Population | 241 (2011) |
OS grid reference | TL0370 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Wellingborough |
Postcode district | NN9 |
Dialling code | 01933 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
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The villages name origin is uncertain. 'The hare grove', 'hoar grove' or in a transferred sense of Old English 'har', 'boundary grove' which it could potentially be because the parish borders both Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire.[3]
The 12th century, All Hallows Church is at the centre of the village. The village has a village hall with several active societies.
In 2007, Hargrave, Raunds, Ringstead and Stanwick were legally united as "The 4 Spires Benefice", with each village retaining its own church.[4]
The following buildings and structures are listed by Historic England as of special architectural or historic interest.[5]
Ringstead, Keyston, Stanwick, Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Thrapston, Raunds, Wellingborough, Chelveston and Irthlingborough are places near Hargrave.
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