Hinton-in-the-Hedges is a small village and
civil parish in
West Northamptonshire, England, 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.
It had decreased to 167 at the 2011 Census.
History
The village's name means "community farm/settlement". There is no known record of
monastic settlement here.
The
parish church is dedicated to The Most Holy Trinity. A church has existed here since
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
times the earliest recorded
Rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
being Sir Richard de Hynton in 1275. There are monuments to Sir William Hinton (d.13th century), Raynold Braye (d.1582) and Salathiell Crewe (d.1686).
The Old
Rectory
A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory or vicarage.
Function
A clergy house is typically ow ...
in the village is dated 1678
and there are a number of other building which are listed.
The ''
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
The ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' is a substantial topographical dictionary first published between 1870 and 1872, edited by the Reverend John Marius Wilson. It contains a detailed description of England and Wales. Its six volumes h ...
'' described the parish in the 1870s as follows:
References
External links
*Official Village website: http://hinton-in-the-hedges.org
Villages in Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire District
Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
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