Hinton-in-the-Hedges

Hinton-in-the-Hedges is a small village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, two miles (three kilometres) 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] It had decreased to 167 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

Hinton-in-the-Hedges
Holy Trinity Church, Hinton in the Hedges
Hinton-in-the-Hedges Location within Northamptonshire
Population	179 [1] 167 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	SP5536
• London	70 mi (110 km)
Unitary authority	West Northamptonshire
Ceremonial 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
UK Parliament	South Northamptonshire
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52.0251°N 1.1885°W / 52.0251; -1.1885

Name

See also: Hinton (place name) § Hinton-in-the-Hedges

The name was recorded as Hintone in the Domesday Book of 1086 AD; the owner was Geoffrey de Mandeville. ^[3]

The name has been recorded in documentary records as:

1. Hintone (1086).^[3]
2. Hynton in the edge (1549).^[4]

The toponym might be: "Village in the hill-side".

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.^[5] There are monuments to Sir William Hinton (d.13th century), Raynold Braye (d.1582) and Salathiell Crewe (d.1686).^[6]

The Old Rectory in the village is dated 1678^[6] and there are a number of other building which are listed.^[7]

The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the parish in the 1870s as follows:

On the Buckinghamshire railway, 2 miles [3 km] West by North of Brackley railway station. Post town, Brackley. Acres, 2, 070 [838 ha]. 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.