Broad Hinton
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Broad Hinton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire.
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[edit] Local government
Although a civil parish, Broad Hinton does not have a parish council in its own right, it shares one with Winterbourne Basset - see Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.
[edit] Location
Position: grid reference SU104767
Nearby towns and cities: Marlborough, Swindon, Calne, Devizes
Nearby villages: Broad Town, Winterbourne Bassett, Wroughton, Clyffe Pypard
[edit] Disambiguation
This village of Broad Hinton, near Swindon, should not be confused with Broad Hinton, a liberty in the parish of Hurst in Berkshire. This part of Hurst was, before 1844, officially a detached part of Wiltshire.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Wiltshire County Council Website page on Broad Hinton, retrieved 18:45 Oct 8, 2004 (UTC).
- Kennet District Council Website page on Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett Parish, retrieved 15:40 Oct 5, 2004 (UTC).
- Office of National Statistics (ONS) - List of English parishes, retrieved 14:00 Oct 3, 2004 (UTC).
- Map 'Explorer 157', published by the Ordnance Survey, ISBN 0-319-21782-5, revised 1997.
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