Hinton-in-the-Hedges
Hinton-in-the-Hedges | |
Holy Trinity Church, Hinton in the Hedges |
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Hinton-in-the-Hedges Hinton-in-the-Hedges shown within Northamptonshire | |
Population | 179 [1] 196 (2010 est)[2] |
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OS grid reference | SP5536 |
- London | 70 miles (113 km) |
District | South Northamptonshire |
Shire county | Northamptonshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Brackley |
Postcode district | NN13 |
Dialling code | 01280 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | Daventry |
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Hinton-in-the-Hedges is a small village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) 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.[1] In 2010 it had increased to approximately 196.[2]
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.[3] There are monuments to Sir William Hinton (d.13th century), Raynold Braye (d.1582) and Salathiell Crewe (d.1686).[4]
The Old Rectory in the village is dated 1678[4] and there are a number of other building which are listed.[5]
The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the parish in the 1870s as follows:
On the Buckinghamshire railway, 2 miles West by North of Brackley railway station. Post town, Brackley. Acres, 2, 070. 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Office for National Statistics: Hinton-in-the-Hedges CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 12 November 2009
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester NN12 7FA. p. 39.
- ↑ Church of England website, accessed 19 January 2010
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 259–260. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
- ↑ Listed buildings in the village
External links
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