Hannington, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Hannington, a village and a parish in Wiltshire. The village stands 2 miles W by N of Highworth, 2 S of the river Thames at the boundary with Gloucestershire, and has a station on the G.W.R., 78 miles from London, and a post office under Swindon; money order and telegraph office, Highworth. It is a pretty place, built in the form of the letter Y. The parish comprises 2518 acres; population, 295. Hannington Bridge leads over the Thames into Gloucestershire, and Hannington has a fine view. Hannington Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; value, £130. The church is good, has a square tower, and contains monuments of the Frekes; it was restored in 1871. There are a free school and some charities.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Wiltshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Hannington St. John the Baptist | |
Hundred | Highworth | |
Poor Law union | Highworth and Swindon |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1571.
Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Hannington:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1570-1877 | 1754-1800 | 1571-1884 | 1571-1847 |
Churches
Church of England
St. John the Baptist (parish church)
The church of St. John the Baptist is a stone edifice in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower, containing 5 bells: the church contains monuments to the Freke and other families: there is a fine reredos and a stained window: the south porch has a Late Norman doorway: the interior was restored and reseated in 1871 and affords 300 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hannington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hannington (St. John the Baptist))
Maps
Online maps of Hannington are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online: