Hindon

The OPC is Martin Barrett

Hindon Photo Gallery

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Chicklade – East Knoyle – Fonthill Gifford

Websites of Interest

Hindon Village – Newsletter and parish events

The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

The church was built in 1871 and was built on the site of the chapel-of-ease that it was replacing.  Richard Grosvenor, the Marquis of Westminster, paid £3,100 for the new church and it was designed by T. H. Wyatt.  The church was consecrated on 6th July 1871.

St. John’s Gallery          St. John’s Interior Gallery          St. John’s Churchyard Gallery

Interior Wall Memorial Inscriptions

Church Officials

Incumbents List          New Vicar 1938

Church Services

Church Service for Death of King George V 1936

Parish Register Transcripts

Marriages

1608-1812

Parish Registers Held at WSHC

Baptisms 1599-1886
Marriages 1612-2005
Burials 1599-1945

Parish History

Hindon is located in the south-west of the Wiltshire county. It is located about 16 miles (26km) west of Salisbury & 9.6 miles (15.4 km) south of Warminster. Hindon was a market town but is now a village.  Hindon was developed between 1219-1220 by the Bishop of Winchester, Sir Peter de Roches, in the manor of East Knoyle.  The town was built with a series of burgage plots along the main street.  In 1219, a weekly market to be held on a Thursday was granted along with an annual fair to be held at Michaelmas.  Hindon became a highly prosperous town, mainly due to it being suitably placed with sufficient distance from the markets at Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Mere and Warminster.  Hindon suffered a blow to it’s fortunes on 2nd July 1754 when a spark from the forge owned by Mr. Tyler, a cutler, ignited the thatch roof of his house which was located on the western side of the high street behind the church.  The fire quickly took hold and the flames spread from one side of the high street to another.  By that evening around 140 houses had burned to the ground, but luckily only one death was recorded.  The houses were soon re-built using stone from the Chilmark and Tisbury quarries.  It was around this time that the market had started to decline.  Fortunately for Hindon, the coaching era had now begun.  Due to an increase in trade between the South West and London and the development of the roads, Hindon was ideally placed to take advantage of the passing traffic and the first London-Exeter mail coach passed through Hindon on 2nd August 1784.  In the 19th Century came the development of the railways, and with the Salisbury-Yeovil line commencing in 1859 and Tisbury station only three miles away, this started the decline of Hindon as a prosperous town and into the small village that it is today. The weekly market had ended by 1880 and at the start of the 20th Century only the autumn fair remained but by the end of the First World War this had also ceased to exist.

Jurisdictions & Population Figures          Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Civil Registration

1837-April 1936 Tisbury Registration District
April 1936-January 1978 Mere Registration District
January 1978-Present Salisbury Registration District

Parish Council

Meeting Minutes

July 2016

Buildings and Land

The land was used as pasture for the Bishop of Winchester’s sheep and by the end of the 13th Century it had been ploughed.  The fields were divided into strips and the villagers were given the strips to work on.  In the 16th Century there is evidence that there were many small enclosures and by 1741 there were several farms in Hindon.  The Bishop’s remained overlords with the land as freeholds, however in the 14th Century the Mussel family accumulated a substantial part of the estate and this remained in the family for at least three generations until it was mortgaged to Thomas Tropnell in 1452.  It remained in the Tropnell family until around 1620 when it was sold to settle a debt.  It went through several owners including a Hindon Inn Keeper.  By 1820 it was in the hands of the Calthorpe family and the manor of Hindon now consisted of more than 129 acres and 89 houses.  In the 1850’s it sold to Richard Grosvenor who was the Marquess of Westminster.  Along with Fonthill Abbey, the manor eventually descended to his daughter’s husband Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart until the family sold the estate in 1922.

Miscellaneous Items

Improvement Loan Applied For 1868            Proposed Erection of Telegraph Poles 1932          Best Village Awards 2004 & 2006

Agriculture

County Agriculture Report 1847          Cattle Plague Regulations 1867

Ancient Monuments

Hindon has one ancient monument listed.       Ancient Monuments List

Highways & Roads

Amesbury Turnpike v Hindon Highway Board 1868

Landowners

Owners of Land 1873

Land Surveys

1936

Listed Buildings

Grade I – Buildings of outstanding architectural or historic interest:

There are no listings for this category within the parish

Grade II* – Buildings are particularly important and of more than special interest:

There are no listings for this category within the parish

Grade II – Buildings are nationally important and of special interest:

Property For Auction, Let or Sale

Public Houses

Public Houses Gallery

By 1754, there were a recorded 14 Inns and Public Houses.

Grosvenor Arms/Angel Inn, High Street

Prior to the construction of The Grosvenor in 1750, a medieval inn called The Angel existed on the site.  The Grosvenor Arms is now known as The Angel once more and still retains many of the original features.  It was a former coaching inn .  It was still named the Grosvenor Arms in the year 2000

Lamb Inn on the B3089

This fine old posting-house dates from the 16th century, but the building is probably earlier since the Assizes were held here as far back as the 15th century.  In the tap room may be seen the great open fireplace, with original oak beams and pillars, and the room has an unusual curved window and window seat.  The bar is decorated with copper ware, and the old settle and refectory table maintains the pleasing atmosphere of the coaching days.  Silas White, a notorious smuggler and supposed leader of the Wiltshire Moonrakers used the pub as the centre of his activities.

Taxes

Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842

Crime and Legal Matters

Animal Related Crime

Theft of a Donkey 1858

Bastardy

Bastardy Examinations 1850-1857

Civil Matters

Possession Claim Fails 1942

Debtors

Prisoners in Fisherton Gaol 1761

Firearms and Weapons Crime

Sale of Revolver 1947

General Crime Items

Crime Reports 1800-1849          Crime Reports 1850-1899

Motoring Offences

Driving Without Due Care 1937

Murder

Murder at Pertwood 1822

Poaching and Trespass

Poaching Charge 1895

Prisons and Prisoners

Dorchester Prison Admission and Discharge Registers 1782-1901

Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)

Elyngton v Couper and others

Directories

Education

Johannes Elles Schoolmaster 1679          Education Reports 1850-1899          School Treat 1885

Emigration and Migration

Strays Index          Emigration Home Contact Requested 1800 – Present           Emigration News 1800-1899

Employment and Business

During the 17th Century, Hindon was noted for its Corn Market, and it was said to only be second to the market at Warminster which was one of the largest in the South West.  In 1332 the annual fair was replaced by two fairs to be held at Ascension and St Luke’s Day and each fair lasted for three days.  However by the 1790’s the fairs had been limited to one day each on the Monday before Whitsun and the 29th October and by the late 19th Century the dates were fixed to 27th May and 29th October.  Due to the success of the market and fairs, a variety of trades existed in Hindon.

Agriculture and Land

Game Licences & Gamekeepers 1846          

Apprentices

Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices Indentures 1710-1811 

Apprentice records published here may not necessarily mean that the apprentice was from the parish but was apprenticed to a master within the parish.

Benjamin Beckett 1723         William Bell 1730           Thomas Brooks 1743

Wiltshire Society Apprentices

John Reynolds 1835

Communications

British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969         Retirement Presentation to Postman Dick Pensos 2010

Community Services

Wiltshire Constabulary 1858          Wiltshire Police Retirement Archives 1873-1884

General Employment & Business Items

News 1850-1899

Law

Articles of Clerkship – James Richardson 1825

Medicine

Medical License Extract for Francis Mead 1702          General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1969

Miscellaneous Documents

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

Episcopal Chapel

Marriage of George Pittman & Elizabeth Jukes 1848

Primitive Methodist Chapel

The Primitive Methodists were given a plot to build a Methodist chapel on the western side of the upper high street in 1840.  There were many objections to this and this led to the chapel being built at night.  In 1898 the chapel was re-built and moved to the lower high street.  The chapel was closed in 1981.

Congregational Church

In 1810 a Congregational chapel was built by a Warminster minister.  The chapel seated one hundred and from 1854 the congregation had links with East Knoyle.  Due to a decline in membership, the chapel was sold in 1972 and became a private house.

People and Parish Notables

Accidents

Accident to Carter 1867          Road Fatality 1935

Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies

Friendly Societies

Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871          Wilts Friendly Society Anniversary Meeting 1861        Wilts Friendly Society Anniversary Meeting 1888

Horticultural Societies

Fruit, Flower & Vegetable Legion Show 1938

Bankruptcy

Thomas Harrison 1830

Census Returns Transcripts

1841          1851          1861           1871          1881          1891         1901          1911

Elections, Polls and Voting Lists

Family Notices

1800-1849

Funeral Reports

George Henry Hogbin 1937          Mrs. Sutton 1949          Fred White 1940

Inquest Reports

Stephen Burleigh 1822          Jesse Sandell 1830          Charles Vincent 1869          Infant Child of James White 1846

Obituaries

William Edwin Lewis 1951

People of the Parish

People News 1850-1899          Lord Seymour says “Thank You” 1928          Robert Vaux Zinzan – Scandal 1864

Taxes

UK Death Duty Registers 1796-1811

Wedding Reports

Roy Small to Muriel Nicholas 1939

Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse

Probate

Probate Index at WSHC 1538-1881          National Probate Index 1858-1966

Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held

Thomas Bennett 1635

War, Conflict and Military Matters

War Memorials & Military Gallery

Army Records

Records of Armed Forces – Army 1799-1854

Local Military Burials

Summary Table of Military Burials in Churchyard

Merchant Navy

Register of Merchant Seamen 1932

Royal Navy

Register of Seamen’s Services 1855-1916

Uncategorised Military Items

Chelsea Pensioners 1808-1828

WWI

Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919

Casualties of WWI

Men Who Served in WWI

Wilfred George Fry                   Arthur Joseph Howell                Charles George Howell

WWII

Casualties

George Albert Edgar Sanday 1945               Dennis Leslie Small                 George Edmund Wilson

Home Guard

Home Guards 1940-1944

War Memorials and Books of Remembrance

The Hindon War Memorial is located in the grounds of St. John the Baptist Church.  There are three Commonwealth War Graves in the Churchyard of St. John the Baptist – Two from WWI and one from WWII.

Church Memorials and Rolls of Honour

St. John’s Roll of Honour WWI & WWII

Memorial Books

Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918

Village War Memorial

War Memorial WWI & WWII

Post WWII Associations

Burma Star Association

Members

Ida Alexander Wallace 1995

Wiltshire Regiments

Wiltshire Yeomanry, Hindon Troop News 1800-1899          Reward for Samuel Howell, Deserter 1809          Wiltshire Yeomanry Parade 1824

Acknowledgments

Grateful thanks to Clare Brunton for her submissions to this parish whilst OPC