Hinton-in-the-Hedges
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|country = England
|official_name= Hinton-in-the-Hedges
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|population= 179
|population_ref=
167 (2011 census)
|unitary_england= West Northamptonshire
|lieutenancy_england= Northamptonshire
|region= East Midlands
|post_town= Brackley
|postcode_district = NN13
|postcode_area= NN
|constituency_westminster = South Northamptonshire
|dial_code= 01280
|os_grid_reference= SP5536
|london_distance= {{convert|70|mi|km|-1|abbr=on}}
|static_image= Holy Trinity Church Hinton-in-the-Hedges 2023 04.jpg
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|static_image_caption= Holy Trinity Church, Hinton in the Hedges
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Hinton-in-the-Hedges is a small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, {{convert|2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797358&c=NN13+5NF&d=16&e=15&g=473889&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1258044958207&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |website=Office for National Statistics |title=Hinton-in-the-Hedges CP: Parish headcounts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629070223/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797358&c=NN13+5NF&d=16&e=15&g=473889&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1258044958207&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |access-date= 12 November 2009}} It had decreased to 167 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124634&c=hinton-in-the+hedges+cp&d=16&e=62&g=6452428&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467717116109&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=5 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011192658/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124634&c=hinton-in-the+hedges+cp&d=16&e=62&g=6452428&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467717116109&enc=1|url-status=live}}
Name
{{See also|Hinton (place name)#Hinton-in-the-Hedges}}
The name was recorded as Hintone in the Domesday Book of 1086 AD; the owner was Geoffrey de Mandeville.
The name has been recorded in documentary records as:
The toponym might be: "Village in the hill-side".
History
The 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/hinton-in-the-hedges |title=The Most Holy Trinity, Hinton-in-the-Hedges with Steane |website=A Church Near You |access-date=19 January 2010 |archive-date=13 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113185258/http://www.achurchnearyou.com/hinton-in-the-hedges/ |url-status=live }} There are monuments to Sir William Hinton (d.13th century), Raynold Braye (d.1582) and Salathiell Crewe (d.1686).{{Cite book | author=Pevsner, Nikolaus | author2=Cherry, Bridget (revision)| title=The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire| year=1961 | publisher=Yale University Press | location=London and New Haven | isbn=978-0-300-09632-3 | pages=259–260}}
The Old Rectory in the village is dated 1678 and there are a number of other building which are listed.{{Cite web |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/hinton-in-the-hedges-south-northamptonshire-northamptonshire |title=Listed Buildings in Hinton-in-the-Hedges, South Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire |website=British Listed Buildings |access-date=31 December 2021 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124185442/https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/hinton-in-the-hedges-south-northamptonshire-northamptonshire |url-status=live }}
The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the parish in the 1870s as follows:
{{quote|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
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Sources
- {{cite book |last1= Watts |first1= Victor |author-link= Victor Watts
|year= 2007 |title= The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names |publisher= Cambridge University Press |isbn= 978-0-521-16855-7 }}
External links
{{Commons category-inline|Hinton-in-the-Hedges}}
- Official Village website: http://hinton-in-the-hedges.org
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Category:Villages in Northamptonshire
Category:West Northamptonshire District
Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
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