Hinton Parva, Wiltshire

Hinton Parva

Hinton Parva, also known as Little Hinton, is a village in the unitary authority of Swindon in Wiltshire, England. Hinton Parva was a separate parish until 1934, and is now in the civil parish of Bishopstone.

Parts of the village were taken over by the War Department during World War II in 1943 to store tanks.

The Norman parish church of St Swithun's is a Grade I listed building. An area around the church was designated a conservation area in 1990.[1]

References

  1. "Hinton Parva: Conservation Area Appraisal" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-09-18.

Sources & further reading

  • A.P. Baggs, Jane Freeman, Janet H. Stevenson (1980). Crowley, D.A., ed. Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 11: Downton hundred; Elstub and Everleigh hundred. pp. 159–165.

Coordinates: 51°32′53″N 1°40′07″W / 51.54797°N 1.66860°W / 51.54797; -1.66860

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