Broad Hinton
"BROAD-HINTON, a parish partly in the hundred of Selkley, and partly in Kingsbridge, in the county of Wilts, 6 miles to the S.W. of Swindon, and 5 S.E. from Wootton Bassett railway station. It is an extensive and widely scattered village, surrounded for many miles by open downs, and included in the parliamentary borough of Cricklade. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £302, in the patronage of the Master of St. Nicholas' Hospital, in Salisbury. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient edifice, with square embattled tower. The interior was restored in 1850. There are in the parish two schools, one with an income from endowment of £42 a year, and other charities producing about £30 a year, including the fund for apprenticing boys."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Cemeteries
- St Peter ad Vincula, -, Church of England
Church Records
- St Peter ad Vincula, -, Church of England
- Primitive Methodist Chapel, Other
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Broad Hinton, St Peter ad Vincula:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1612-1952, Mar 1614-1999, Bur 1614-1897
- VRI Chr 1603-1880 from BTs, Mar 1603-1836 from BTs
- WFHS transcript Chr & Bur 1603-1837
- White Horse Baptisms 1603-1840
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1604-1837
- National Burial Index 1604-1837
Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section for Broad Hinton from
the National Gazetteer (1868).
- The entry for Broad Hinton from
A Vision of Britain through time.
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History
- The entry for Broad Hinton from British History Online.
Maps
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