Hathern

Hathern
Hathern
Hathern shown within Leicestershire
Population 1,866 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Loughborough
Postcode district LE12
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Hathern is a small 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.

Hathern Signpost
Hathern parish church

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.

References

  1. ↑ Garendon Park & Countryside Protection Group

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