Broad Hinton, Wiltshire Family History Guide

Broad Hinton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Alternative names: Broad Hinton, Broadhinton

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1654
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Nonconformists include: Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BROAD-HINTON, a parish in Marlborough district, Wilts; 4¼ miles SE of Wooton-Basset r. station, and 6 SSW of Swindon. It has a post office under Swindon. Acres, 3,659. Real property, £2,826. Pop., 657. Houses, 141. The property is divided among about sixteen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £302. Patron, St. Nicholas Hospital, Salisbury. The church is old but good; and has a square embattled tower. The vicarage of Broad Town is a separate benefice. A school has £42 from endowment; and other charities have £32. Sir John Glanville, the eminent lawyer, was a resident.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Wiltshire, Broad-Hinton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Broad-Hinton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Wiltshire, Broad-Hinton – Church records ( 4 )
The bishop’s transcripts and parish registers of Broad Hinton, baptisms & burials, 1603-1837
Author: Hassell, Margory; Wiltshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Broad-Hinton (Wiltshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Broad-Hinton, 1603-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Broad-Hinton (Wiltshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Broad-Town, 1847-1880
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Broad-Town (Wiltshire)

Parish registers for Broad-Hinton, 1612-1987
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Broad-Hinton (Wiltshire)

England, Wiltshire, Broad-Hinton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Baptisms from parish records and bishop’s transcripts
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

England, Wiltshire, Broad-Hinton – Civil registration ( 1 )
Notices of marriage, 1838-1911
Author: Great Britain. Superintendent Registrar (District of Marlborough)

England, Wiltshire, Broad-Hinton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in Broad-Hinton, Wiltshire 1780-1884
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Marlborough
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Avebury
  • Poor Law Union: Marlborough
  • Hundred: Selkley
  • Province: Canterbury