Hinton, Dorset

{{Short description|Civil parish in Dorset, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image = Fountain, Hinton Martell - geograph.org.uk - 6239817.jpg

| static_image_caption = Fountain at Hinton Martell

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|50.847|-1.993|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Hinton

| population = 411

| population_ref = (2021 Census)

| civil_parish = Hinton

| unitary_england = Dorset

| lieutenancy_england = Dorset

| region = South West England

| constituency_westminster = North Dorset

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Hinton is a civil parish in Dorset, England, situated 3 miles north of Wimborne Minster.{{Cite web |title=Parish Council – Hinton St Mary – An Idyllic Dorset Village |url=https://hintonstmary.com/parish-council/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=hintonstmary.com}} It was created on 1 April 2015 from Hinton Martell and Hinton Parva.{{cite web |title=The East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2015 |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/26098/EastDorset-RoCG-Order-No1-2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015202329/https://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/26098/EastDorset-RoCG-Order-No1-2015.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2017 |accessdate=9 March 2018 |publisher=LGBCE}}