Great Hinton is a small village and civil parish about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Melksham and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Trowbridge in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Bleet and Cold Harbour.
| Great Hinton | |
|---|---|
 Village centre | |
  Great Hinton Location within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 171 in (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST908590 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Trowbridge |
| Postcode district | BA14 |
| Dialling code | 01380 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Village |
History
editThe parish was a tithing of the ancient parish of Steeple Ashton.[2] Landholdings amounting to 17 virgates were recorded at Hinton in 1340.[2] There were ancient settlements in the area as shown by the medieval earthworks to the north of the village, and the ancient "holloway" running south and east of Church Farm.[3]
Great Hinton became a civil parish in the late 19th century.[2] In 1884,[4] small detached areas of the parish were transferred to Hilperton parish.[2]
There is no church in the parish.[5] Today, Great Hinton is within the area of the benefice of North Bradley, Southwick, Heywood and Steeple Ashton.[6] Both Primitive Methodists and Wesleyan Methodists built small chapels in the mid-19th century; neither of them is still in use.[7]
In 2012, the village was judged to be "best kept small village" in Wiltshire.[8]
Notable buildings
editGreat Hinton had a public house, The Linnet (originally called The New Inn), which closed in 2011.[9][10] It is a Grade II listed building that was built in brick in the mid-18th century and has a brewhouse dated 1816; Julian Orbach describes the mansard roof of the brewhouse as an addition for a miniature woollen factory.[11] The interior of the building has been modernised but the chamfered beams remain.[9]
The Manor House is from the early 19th century and is also a Grade II listed building.[12] It is a detached house constructed of dressed limestone, with a hipped roof of Welsh slate and brick chimney stacks. It is a two-storey building with three windows at the front on the upper floor and two on the ground floor with a central door.[13] Other listed buildings in the village include Church Farmhouse, New Barn Farmhouse and Fore Street Farmhouse, which all date from the 17th century, and Old Mill Cottage from much the same date.[14] On Back Street, a pair of brick and stone houses which bear a 1791 date are now a single dwelling called Thornhill Cottage.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Steeple Ashton". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 8. Victoria County History. University of London. 1965. pp. 198–218. Retrieved 10 September 2022 – via British History Online.
- ^ "Great Hinton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire County Council. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Great Hinton tything/CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Church, Great Hinton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Steeple Ashton: St Mary the Virgin". A Church Near You. The Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Non-conformists, Great Hinton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Care, Adam (4 October 2012). "Best little village's joy for Great Hinton". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ a b Historic England. "The Linnet, Great Hinton (1251291)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Planning application W/11/03080/FUL". Wiltshire Council. 18 November 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Orbach, Julian; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (2021). Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-300-25120-3. OCLC 1201298091.
- ^ Historic England. "Manor House, Great Hinton (1262853)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Manor House, Great Hinton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Listed Buildings in Great Hinton, Wiltshire, England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Thornhill Cottage (1262851)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to Great Hinton at Wikimedia Commons
- Great Hinton village website
- "Great Hinton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 6 December 2015.