Great Hinton
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| Great Hinton shown within Wiltshire | |
| Population | 171 in (2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST908590 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Trowbridge |
| Postcode district | BA14 |
| Dialling code | 01380 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Village |
Great Hinton is a small village and civil parish about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Melksham and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Trowbridge in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Bleet and Cold Harbour.
The parish was a tithing of the ancient parish of Steeple Ashton, until it became a separate civil parish in the late 19th century. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book. There were ancient settlements in the area as shown by the medieval earthworks to the north of the village, and the ancient "holloway" located south and east of Church Farm.
Great Hinton had a public house, The Linnet (originally called The New Inn), which closed in 2011. It is a Grade II listed building that was built in the mid-eighteenth century and has a brewhouse dated 1816. It is a brick building with asbestos slate roof and brick chimney stacks. The interior of the building has been modernised but the chamfered beams remain.
The Manor House is from the early 19th century and is also a Grade II listed building. It is a detached house constructed of dressed limestone, with a hipped roof of Welsh slate and brick chimney stacks. It is a two-storey building with three windows at the front on the upper floor and two on the ground floor with a central door. Other listed buildings in the village include Church Farmhouse, New Barn Farmhouse and Fore Street Farmhouse, which all date from the seventeenth century, and Old Mill Cottage from much the same date.
In 2012 the village was judged to be "best kept small village" in Wiltshire.
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