Hindon, Wiltshire

Description
Hindon, a small town and a parish in Wiltshire. The town stands on a declivity facing the woods of Fonthill, 3 1/2 miles NW of Tisbury station on the L. & S.W.E., and 9 SSE of Wai-minster, with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Salisbury. Acreage of parish, 228; population, 495. Hindon is an ancient place, with marks of much vicissitude, sent two members to Parliament from the time of Henry VI. till disfranchised by the Act of 1832, had for representatives Monk Lewis and Henry Fox, afterwards Lord Holland, gave the title of Baron to the Hydes, suffered greatly by fae in 1755 and was afterwards considerably rebuilt, consists now chiefly of one broad street, and has an excellent inn and a church. The church, a stone building, was built in 1871 on the site of the old one. A weekly market was formerly held on Thursday, and fairs are now held on 27 May and 29 Oct. The neighbouring tract to the S and the SE is fertile, ornate, and scenic, and rejoices in the rich demesne of Fonthill, that to the W and the N passes into a wild expanse of down, which has many remains of ancient earthworks, and that to the NE on to the Great Ridge Wood, 2 miles distant, has traces of several ancient British villages. The manor belonged to the Beanchamps, and passed to the Hydes. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; value, o6180 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor.