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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hinton in the Hedges like this:
HINTON-IN-THE-HEDGES, a parish in Brackley district, Northampton; on the Buckinghamshire railway, 2 miles W by N of Brackley r. station. Post town, Bra.kley. Acres, 2, 070. 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 Stean, in the diocese of Peterborough. ...
Value, £500.* Patron, Earl Spencer. The church is early English; consists of nave, chancel, and N 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 subscriptionschool. Gray, the author of "Memoria Technica, " is said to have been a native.
Hinton in the Hedges is now part of WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hinton in the Hedges itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hinton in the Hedges, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8019
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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