Hinton-in-the-Hedges is a small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, two miles (three kilometres) due west of the town of Brackley. West of the village is Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 179 people.[1] It had decreased to 167 at the 2011 Census.[2]
| Hinton-in-the-Hedges | |
|---|---|
 Holy Trinity Church, Hinton in the Hedges | |
  Hinton-in-the-Hedges Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 179 [1] 167 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | SP5536 |
| • London | 70 mi (110 km) |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Brackley |
| Postcode district | NN13 |
| Dialling code | 01280 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Name
editThe name was recorded as Hintone in the Domesday Book of 1086 AD; the owner was Geoffrey de Mandeville. [3]
The name has been recorded in documentary records as:
The toponym might be: "Village in the hill-side".
History
editThe parish church is dedicated to The Most Holy Trinity. A church has existed here since Saxon times the earliest recorded Rector being Sir Richard de Hynton in 1275.[5] There are monuments to Sir William Hinton (d.13th century), Raynold Braye (d.1582) and Salathiell Crewe (d.1686).[6]
The Old Rectory in the village is dated 1678[6] and there are a number of other building which are listed.[7]
The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the parish in the 1870s as follows:
On the Buckinghamshire railway, 2 miles [3 km] West by North of Brackley railway station. Post town, Brackley. Acres, 2, 070 [838 ha]. Real property, £2, 462. Pop., 178. Houses, 39. The manor belongs to W. Cartwright, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Steane, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £500. Patron, Earl Spencer. The church is early English; consists of nave, chancel, and North aisle, with low square tower; and contains a remarkable ancient altar tomb, and a very ancient and curiously carved font. There are alms houses with about £38 a year, and a subscription school. Gray, the author of "Memoria Technica", is said to have been a native.
References
edit- ^ a b "Hinton-in-the-Hedges CP: Parish headcounts". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ a b *"Hinton [-in-the-Hedges]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Watts 2007, pp. 306.
- ^ "The Most Holy Trinity, Hinton-in-the-Hedges with Steane". A Church Near You. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 259–260. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
- ^ "Listed Buildings in Hinton-in-the-Hedges, South Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
Sources
edit- Watts, Victor (2007). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7.
External links
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Media related to Hinton-in-the-Hedges at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Village website: http://hinton-in-the-hedges.org
- Map sources for Hinton-in-the-Hedges
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