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Hindon in Wilts County England History and GeographyHINDON, a borough, market town, and parochial chapelry, in the hundred of DOWNTON, though locally in the hundred of Mere, county of WILTS, 16 miles (W. by N.) from Salisbury, and 96 (W.S.W.) from London. This small town consists principally of one street, extending along a gentle declivity on the great western road from London to Exeter: a considerable part of it was consumed by fire in 1754, and at present it contains not more than about two hundred houses. The manufacture of silk twist, for which Hindon was formerly noted, has declined, and is superseded by that of linen, dowlas, and bedticking, which is principally carried on in the vicinity. A few women are employed in spinning silk, and at the head of the Fonthill river, about a mile and a half distant, is a large establishment for the manufacture of broad cloth and kerseymere. The market, on Thursday, was formerly considerable for corn, but it has declined since the great fire, and the establishment of a corn market at Warminster: there are fairs on the Monday before Whitsuntide, for cattle and sheep, and on October 29th, for horses, cattle, poultry, &c.; a fair is also held at Berwick Hill, about a mile from the town, on the 6th of November, for horses and sheep. In the 7th of Richard II., a precept was directed to this borough to send burgesses to parliament, but no return was made: it first sent representatives in the 27th of Henry VI., since which period the returns have been regular. The right of election is vested in the inhabitant housekeepers and parishioners not receiving alms, the number of whom is about one hundred and seventy-three. The bailiff, who is appointed by the Bishop of Winchester, and is non-resident, is the returning officer. The petty sessions for the Hindon division are held here on the first Wednesday in every month. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Wilts, and diocese of Salisbury, endowed by charter of the 6th of Philip and Mary, renewed in the 19th of George III., with land and houses within the borough, producing about £60 per annum, and £400 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Crown. The chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a plain turreted modern edifice, and was repaired in 1814. There is a place of worship for Independents near the town, without the precincts of the borough, buildings not being permitted therein. A school for boys and girls is supported by Lord Calthorpe. In the vicinity of the town, towards the north-west, and near the Roman road which leads to Old Sarum, are Stockton works, occupying an area of sixty-two acres, and supposed to be the remains of an ancient British settlement. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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