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Little Hinton, Wiltshire

Historical Description

Hinton Parva or Little Hinton, a parish in Wiltshire, near the boundary of Berkshire and near the Ridge Way, 3 miles S of Shrivenham station on the G.W.R., and 5 E of Swindon. It has a post office under Shrivenham; money order and telegraph office, Shrivenham. Acreage, 2161; population of the civil parish, 273; of the ecclesiastical, 251. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; value, £290 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is partly Transition Norman and partly Decorated English. It was restored in 1861.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyWiltshire 
Ecclesiastical parishLittle Hinton St. Swithin 
HundredElstub and Everley 
Poor Law unionHighworth and Swindon 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1654.

Findmypast, in association with the Wiltshire Record Office, have the following parish records online for Little Hinton:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1605-19111754-18201605-18401605-1946

Churches

Church of England

St. Swithun (parish church)

The church of St. Swithun is a plain but interesting structure of stone, consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, with clerestory, aisles, porch and a low western tower containing 4 bells: the nave is Early Norman, the chancel Decorated: the aisles, clerestory and porch are Late Perpendicular: the font bears a curious allegorical carving, which has never been fully explained: the oldest monument is dated 1630: the whole building was restored in 1860 at a cost of £650, and has 102 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 Little Hinton from the following:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online: