Hinton, Northamptonshire
- Not to be confused with Hinton-in-the-Hedges
| Hinton | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Chapels in Hinton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP537528 |
| Location: | 52°10’18"N, 1°12’57"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Daventry |
| Postcode: | NN11 |
| Dialling code: | 01327 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
| Website: | Woodford cum Membris Parish |
Hinton is a village about six and a half miles south of Daventry, in Northamptonshire. It is immediately beside and almost attached to its smaller parent village, Woodford Halse, which sits on the east side of Hinton, separated by a narrow belt of woodland. Hnton is essentially a large, modern housing development, and continuing to grow.
This village is the largest settlement in a civil parish named 'Woodford cum Membris'; the others being Woodford Halse, and a hamlet named West Farndon to the south-west.
History
A 14th- or 15th-century Mediæval ampulla inscribed "Our Lady of Walsingham" has been found west of the village, off the footpath to Byfield.[1] It would have been used in a church before the Reformation for holy water or holy oil.
Hinton manor house was built late in the 17th century.[2] Its southwest side retains its original appearance but the southeast side has been 'Georgianised' with a regular façade of five bays.[2] It is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
In 1753 the open field system of farming around Hinton was ended by enclosure. Much of the ridge and furrow pattern of the common fields is still visible, and is best preserved northwest of the village.[1]
Railway
For 67 years Woodford and Hinton were notable for the extensive railway centre of Woodford Halse on the Great Central Railway's main line to London. The line and Woodford and Hinton railway station opened on 15 March 1899. British Railways renamed the station 'Woodford Halse' on 1 November 1948. As well as a station there was a four-way railway junction, a major locomotive depot and extensive marshalling yards. BR closed the station and line on 5 September 1966.
Amenities
There is no Anglican church in the village; it is served, in the Church of England, by the parish church in Woodford Halse; St Mary the Virgin.[4]
Hinton does have a Methodist church, which is a member of Banbury Methodist Circuit.[5]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 RCHME 1981, pp. 201–204.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3page 468
- ↑ National Heritage List 1355036: Manor House (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Woodford Halse: St Mary the Virgin: A Church Near You
- ↑ "Hinton Methodist Church (Woodford Halse)". Churches. Banbury Methodist Circuit. 2010. http://www.banburycircuit.org.uk/hinton.html. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3page 468
- RCHME, ed (1981). An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire. 3, Archaeological Sites in North-West Northamptonshire. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 201–204. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/northants/vol3/pp201-204.