Hathern

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Village in Leicestershire, England

Human settlement in England

Hathern

St Peter & St Paul Church, Hathern

Hathern

Location within Leicestershire

Population| 1,866 (2011)
District|

* Charnwood

Shire county|

* Leicestershire

Region|

* East Midlands

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Loughborough
Postcode district| LE12
Dialling code| 01509
Police| Leicestershire
Fire| Leicestershire
Ambulance| East Midlands
UK Parliament|

* Loughborough

List of places

England
Leicestershire

52°47′44″N 1°15′23″W﻿ / ﻿52.7956°N 1.2563°W﻿ / 52.7956; -1.2563

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.[1] The village is home to the Swift Sock Factory, one of only a small number of independent sock manufacturers left in the UK.[2]

Hathern Signpost

## Notable residents

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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.

## History

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A settlement probably existed here in the Saxon period but the first written record was in the Domesday Book where it was called Avederne, Old English for hawthorne.[3] Prominent in the centre of the village is Hathern cross, dating from the 14th century. Like most villages in this part of the country, farming and framework knitting were major sources of employment. The parish church dates mainly from the 14th century although a place of worship probably existed on the site in earlier times. An ancient font, one of the oldest in the county is regularly used for baptisms.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "www.GPCPG.co.uk". www.garendon.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
2. ^ "About us our history". J. Alex Swift.
3. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
4. ^ "Church and cross". www.hathernhistory.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

## External links

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Towns and villages of the Borough of Charnwood

Towns|

* Loughborough
* Shepshed
* Syston

Large villages|

* Anstey
* Barrow upon Soar
* Birstall
* East Goscote
* Mountsorrel
* Quorn
* Rothley
* Sileby
* Thurmaston

Small villages|

* Barkby
* Beeby
* Burton on the Wolds
* Cossington
* Cropston
* Hamilton Lea
* Hathern
* Hoton
* Newtown Linford
* Queniborough
* Ratcliffe on the Wreake
* Rearsby
* Seagrave
* South Croxton
* Swithland
* Thrussington
* Thurcaston
* Ulverscroft
* Walton on the Wolds
* Wanlip
* Woodhouse
* Woodhouse Eaves
* Wymeswold

Hamlets|

* Barkby Thorpe
* Cotes
* Prestwold

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* VIAF

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* United States
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