Name | Great Hinton |
Alt names | Bleet | source: hamlet in parish | | Cold Harbour | source: hamlet in parish |
Type | Tything, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 51.33°N 2.134°W |
Located in | Wiltshire, England |
See also | Whorwellsdown Hundred, Wiltshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Westbury and Whorwellsdown Rural, Wiltshire, England | rural district, 1894 - 1934 | | Warminster and Westbury Rural, Wiltshire, England | rural district, 1934 - 1974 | | West Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | 1974-2009 | | Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | 2009-- |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Great Hinton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Melksham and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Trowbridge. The parish includes the hamlets of Bleet and Cold Harbour. It had a population of 171 in the UK census of 2011.
The parish was a tithing of the ancient parish of Steeple Ashton, until it became a separate civil parish in the late 19th century.
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