Little Hinton
"LITTLE HINTON, (or Hinton Parva), a parish in the hundred of Elstub and Everley, county Wilts, 6 miles E. of Swindon, and 4 S.W. of Shrivenham railway station. Farringdon is its post town. The village is small, and wholly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £520. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £444, in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The church, dedicated to St. Swithin, has a tower containing four bells. The charities produce about £14 per annum."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Little Hinton or Hinton Parva is 5 miles E of Swindon. Grid Ref SU232833. Postcode SN4 0DW. Population 310 in 1831.
Cemeteries
- St Swithun, Church Row, Church of England, Hinton Parva
Church Records
- St Swithun, Church Row, Church of England, Hinton Parva
- Chapel, Church Row, Other, Hinton Parva
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Little Hinton, St Swithun:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1649-1945, Mar 1654-1945, Bur 1653-1946
- BTs before surviving registers for 1605, 1619-23, 1633-35
- VRI Chr 1605-1837 from BTs, Mar 1605-1837 from BTs
- WFHS transcript Chr and Bur 1605-1837
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1813-1837
- National Burial Index 1605-1837
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Little Hinton from the National Gazetteer (1868).