Hinton-in-the-Hedges is a small village and

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, England, due west of the town of

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. West of the village is

Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield is an airfield on the west side of Hinton-in-the-Hedges near Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. The airfield is made up of several runways, one of which is Asphalt at 700 m (2,297 ft) long. It consists ...

. 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

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here. The

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is dedicated to The Most Holy Trinity. A church has existed here since

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times the earliest recorded

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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

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in the village is dated 1678 and there are a number of other building which are listed. The ''

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'' 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 {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub