Hinton Waldrist
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| Population | 333 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU3799 |
| Civil parish | Hinton Waldrist |
| District | Vale of White Horse |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Faringdon |
| Postcode district | SN7 |
| Dialling code | 01865 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Wantage |
| Website | Hinton Waldrist Parish Council – Key Contacts |
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Coordinates: 51°41′20″N 1°27′29″W / 51.689°N 1.458°W
Hinton Waldrist is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is between Oxford and Faringdon, 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Oxford. The parish includes the hamlet of Duxford.
Manor
In 1086 the Domesday Book recorded the village as Hentone, Old English for "high farmstead".[2] In the 12th century the manor passed to the St. Valery family, from whom the village took the second part of its name. In 1332 the manor was acquired by William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, whose granddaughter Mary de Bohun became the first wife of Henry IV. The manor was subsequently held by John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness, Sir Henry Marten and the Loder family.[3]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of St Margaret is 13th century, but has been extensively remodelled since.[4] It is a Grade II* listed building.[5]
Castle
The earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle are southwest of the moated manor house.
Scenes in our Village
Hinton Waldrist is the subject of 59 stereoscopic images produced by the Victorian photographer T.R. Williams in 1856.[6] The series of photographs is the subject of a book entitled A Village Lost and Found, co-authored by Queen guitarist Brian May.[7]
Notable residents
The Conservative politician Airey Neave, who was assassinated by the Irish National Liberation Army in 1979, lived in the village.
References
- ↑ "Area: Hinton Waldrist CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ↑ Mills & Room 2003, p. s.v. Hinton.
- ↑ Page & Ditchfield 1924, pp. 463–466.
- ↑ Pevsner 1966, p. 155.
- ↑ "Church of St Margaret". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ↑ May & Vidal 2009.
- ↑ Roe, Nicholas (15 October 2009). "Brian May rediscovers 'lost' village". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
Sources
- May, Brian; Vidal, E (2009). A Village Lost and Found: Scenes in Our Village by T. R. Williams. An Annotated Tour of the Celebrated 1850s Stereo Card Series. Frances Lincoln.
- Mills, A.D.; Room, A. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852758-6.
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 463–466.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 155.
External links
Media related to Hinton Waldrist at Wikimedia Commons
