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| Name | Hinton (near Berkeley) |
| Alt names | Purton | source: village in parish | | Sharpness | source: village in parish |
| Type | Tything, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 51.733°N 2.45°W |
| Located in | Gloucestershire, England |
| See also | Berkeley Hundred, Gloucestershire, England | hundred in which the parish was located | | Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England | parish in which it was a tything until 1866 | | Thornbury Rural, Gloucestershire, England | rural district 1894-1974 | | Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Hinton is a village and civil parish near Berkeley in Stroud District, Gloucestershire. The parish includes the larger villages of Sharpness and Purton. The ecclesiastical parish is Sharpness with Purton, formerly part of the parish of Berkeley and now united with Slimbridge.
In the 2001 UK census the civil parish had a population of 1,141, decreasing to 1,083 at the 2011 census.
A 19th century description
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hinton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "HINTON, a tything in Berkeley parish, Gloucester; near the Berkeley and Gloucester canal, 7 miles N by E of Thornbury. Real property: £3,838. Population: 620. Houses: 97."
Research Tips
- The website British History Online provides eight chapters out of at least eleven of the Victoria County History Series on Gloucestershire. Some of these are outlines of topics concerning the whole county, others contain descriptions of cities, towns and villages of varying sizes throughout the area.
- Brett Langston's Registration Districts in Gloucestershire follows the history of registration district provision in Gloucestershire from its inception in 1837 through to the present day.
- GENUKI has a brief overall guide to various sources of information for the county.
- The FamilySearch Wiki on Gloucestershire provides information similar to that in GENUKI.
- Gloucestershire Archives for older sources such as pre-1837 parish registers and other contemporary documents. Address: Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, England GL1 3DW
Categories: Gloucestershire, England | Berkeley Hundred, Gloucestershire, England | Hinton, Gloucestershire, England | Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England | Thornbury Rural, Gloucestershire, England | Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England |
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