Broad Hinton
Broad Hinton is a
village and
civil parish in the
English county of
Wiltshire.
Although a civil parish, Broad Hinton does not have a
parish council in its own right, it shares one with
Winterbourne Basset - see
Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett. It falls within the areas of
Kennet District Council and
Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.
Position: Nearby towns and cities: Marlborough,
Swindon,
Calne,
DevizesNearby villages: Broad Town,
Winterbourne Bassett,
Wroughton,
Clyffe PypardThis village of Broad Hinton, near
Swindon, should not be confused with Broad Hinton, a
liberty in the
parish of
Hurst in
Berkshire. This part of Hurst was, before
1844, officially a detached part of
Wiltshire.
*
List of places in Wiltshire*
Wiltshire County Council Website page on Broad Hinton, retrieved 18:45 Oct 8, 2004 (UTC).
*
Kennet District Council Website page on Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett Parish, retrieved 15:40 Oct 5, 2004 (UTC).
*
Office of National Statistics (ONS) - List of English parishes, retrieved 14:00 Oct 3, 2004 (UTC).
*Map 'Explorer 157', published by the
Ordnance Survey, ISBN 0319217825, revised 1997.
