# Hinton (place name)

Hinton is a place name of Old English origin, and is a common English village name, particularly in Southern England. Village names often include a suffix, for example Hinton on the Green and Hinton-in-the-Hedges.
The place-name is closely related to other place-names that may derive from Old English hēah (or hēa, hēan), meaning "high" or "tall", such as Highham, Heaton, and Hampton.

## Etymology

The place name Hinton is of Old English origin, and usually derives from either:
* Old English hiwan (or higna, hina), meaning "members of a family, household or religious house", or "farm of the monks or of the nuns".
* Old English hēah (or hēan), meaning "high, tall" or "exalted, important".
The suffix is from Old English tūn, meaning "an enclosed piece of ground" or "a village or town".

## Examples
### List of examples

Sortable list of examples:
| Place name | County | Location | Domesday entry | Etymology | Notes |
| Hinton on the Green | Worcestershire | 52°04′N 1°58′W﻿ / ﻿52.06°N 1.96°W﻿ / 52.06; -1.96 | Hinetune. St. Peter's Abbey | higna. ("monastery") | In 981 Elfleda granted the manor to St. Peter's Abbey. |
| Hinton-in-the-Hedges | Northamptonshire | 52°01′30″N 1°11′20″W﻿ / ﻿52.025°N 1.189°W﻿ / 52.025; -1.189 | Hintone. Geoffrey de Mandeville | See below. | There is no known record of monastic settlement. |
| Hinton Blewett | Somerset | 51°18′32″N 2°34′59″W﻿ / ﻿51.309°N 2.583°W﻿ / 51.309; -2.583 | Hantone. William of Eu | hēan. ("high") | |
| Hinton St Mary | Dorset | 50°56′38″N 2°18′22″W﻿ / ﻿50.944°N 2.306°W﻿ / 50.944; -2.306 | Haintone. Shaftesbury Abbey | hēan. ("high") | The village occupies a hill overlooking the River Stour. |
| Hinton St George | Somerset | 50°54′32″N 2°49′08″W﻿ / ﻿50.909°N 2.819°W﻿ / 50.909; -2.819 | Hantone. William of Eu | hēan. ("high") | |
| Hinton Martell | Dorset | 50°51′14″N 1°58′59″W﻿ / ﻿50.854°N 1.983°W﻿ / 50.854; -1.983 | Hinetone. Gilbert de Magminot | higna. ("monastery") | Former monastery of Wimbourne Minster held land here. |

### Hinton-in-the-Hedges

The name was previously recorded as Hynton in the edge (1549). The toponym might be: "Village in the hill-side".
The etymology is uncertain. The etymologist Victor Watts proposed that the name derives from Old English hina, which is normally used in the context of a monastery or other community. However, there is no known record of a monastic settlement.
Another possibility is that the name derives from Old English hēah ("high). The name element edge refers to a hill-side or escarpment (also found in nearby Edge Hill and Edgcote) – the village is on the rim of a plateau used by the Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield. The Holy Trinity Church is 128m above sea level, while the church at nearby Westbury is only 103m above sea level.

## List of place-names in England

Sortable list of Hinton place-names:
| Place-name | Post town | County | Latitude N – S | Points of interest |
| Hinton – near Pontesbury | Shrewsbury | Shropshire | 308100 | Pontesbury Hill Iron Age hill-fort. |
| Hinton – near Stottesdon | Kidderminster | Shropshire | 282500 | |
| Hinton – near Blythburgh | Halesworth | Suffolk | 275350 | Blythburgh Priory |
| Cherry Hinton | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | 256349 | Iron Age hill-fort. |
| Hinton | Daventry | Northamptonshire | 252527 | |
| Hinton on the Green (See example). | Evesham | Worcestershire | 240250 | |
| Hinton – near Peterchurch | Hereford | Herefordshire | 238800 | Golden Valley |
| Hinton-in-the-Hedges (See example). | Brackley | Northamptonshire | 237000 | |
| Hinton – near Stroud. | Berkeley | Gloucestershire | 203993 | River Severn |
| Hinton Waldrist | Faringdon | Oxfordshire | 199106 | |
| Hinton Parva (Little Hinton) | Swindon | Wiltshire | 183229 | Old Minster, Winchester |
| Hinton – near Bristol. | Bristol | Gloucestershire | 176820 | Hinton Hill – Battle of Deorham. |
| Broad Hinton | Swindon | Wiltshire | 176515 | Bincknoll Castle Iron Age hill-fort. |
| Great Hinton | Trowbridge | Wiltshire | 159054 | |
| Hinton Charterhouse | Bath | Somerset | 158606 | Hinton Priory |
| Hinton Blewett (See example). | Bristol | Somerset | 156800 | |
| Hinton Ampner | Winchester | Hampshire | 127549 | |
| Hinton St Mary (See example). | Sturminster Newton | Dorset | 116212 | Shaftesbury Abbey |
| Hinton Daubney | Waterlooville | Hampshire | 114121 | |
| Hinton St George (See example). | Hinton St George | Somerset | 112600 | Hinton House |
| Tarrant Hinton | Blandford Forum | Dorset | 111101 | Shaftesbury Abbey |
| Hinton Martell (See example). | Wimborne Minster | Dorset | 106100 | |
| Hinton Parva (Little Hinton) | Wimborne Minster | Dorset | 104448 | |
| Hinton | Christchurch, Dorset | Hampshire | 095985 | New Forest |
| Hinton Admiral | Christchurch, Dorset | Hampshire | 094877 | |