Hathern
Sign in to saveHathern 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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Key facts
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Charnwood
- Population
- +1866
- Image
- Hathern parish church 2006-04-06 023web.jpg
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Article
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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.