Hemingford Grey is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

[4] The Domesday Book does not explicitly detail the population of a place but it records that there were 29 households at Hemingford Grey.

The Domesday Book uses a number of units of measure for areas of land that are now unfamiliar terms, such as hides and ploughlands.

[4] In addition to the arable land, there was 90 acres (36 hectares) of meadows, two water mills and a fishery at Hemingford Grey.

[4] The tax assessment in the Domesday Book was known as geld or danegeld and was a type of land-tax based on the hide or ploughland.

[7] Hemingford Grey grew considerably in the 19th century especially in the area of the London Road which is about a mile east of the village centre and nearer to St Ives.

The village continued to grow between the wars when simple and attractive bungalows with good–sized gardens were built followed, in more recent years, by several small estate developments.

A parish council is responsible for providing and maintaining a variety of local services including allotments and a cemetery; grass cutting and tree planting within public open spaces such as a village green or playing fields.

The parish council normally meets on Mondays, two times every month in the Reading Room in Hemingford Grey.

For Hemingford Grey the highest tier of local government is Cambridgeshire County Council which has administration buildings in Cambridge.

It adjoins Hemingford Abbots to the west and St Ives on the north of the river and the A14 trunk road passes through the parish about a mile south of the main settlement.

The centre of the village has an attractive mixture of buildings including thatched timber-framed cottages and the church with its unique truncated spire.

[6] Hemingford Grey is a vibrant community with many and varied voluntary organisations providing recreation, education and sporting facilities for residents.

The main part of this work was to replace plasterwork which has been significantly damaged over the years by damp and modern repair and to restore the arcades stonework.

[6] Farming is still the main land-use with large arable fields to the south and meadows on the low ground near the river.

There is limited employment in the village but in recent years there has been a considerable increase in the number of people working from home.