Hargrave, Northamptonshire
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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,<ref>Office for National Statistics: Hargrave CP: Parish headcounts Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 12 November 2009</ref> increasing to 241 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heritage assets
The following buildings and structures are listed by Historic England as of special architectural or historic interest.<ref>National Heritage List for England (Historic England)</ref>
- Church of All Saints and chest tomb (Grade II*) 12th century Template:Coord
- Stone coffin, Church of All Saints (Grade II) 13th century Template:Coord
- Churchlands (Grade II) 17th century Template:Coord
- Wildacre (Grade II) 17th century Template:Coord
- Pair of chest tombs (Grade II) 17th century Template:Coord
- Nag's Head public house (Grade II) 17th century Template:Coord
- Box Tree Cottage and attached house (Grade II) 17th century Template:Coord
- Group of three chest tombs (Grade II) 18th century Template:Coord
- Hillstone Cottage (Grade II) 18th century Template:Coord
- War memorial (Grade II) 20th century Template:Coord
Geography
Ringstead, Keyston, Stanwick, Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Thrapston, Raunds, Wellingborough, Chelveston, Irthlingborough, Upper Dean, Shelton and Covington are places near Hargrave.
Demography
- In 1801 there were 158 persons<ref name="Whellan">Template:Cite book</ref>
- In 1831 there were 203 persons<ref name="Whellan"/>
- In 1841 there were 257 persons<ref name="Whellan"/>
- In 2001 there were 236 persons<ref name="ONS">Office for National Statistics</ref>
- In 2011 there were 241 persons<ref name="ONS"/>