English Explanatory Dictionary

Hinton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A town in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A number of places in England:
  4. A civil parish in east Dorset, which includes Hinton Martell and Hinton Parva, and served by the Vale of Allen Parish Council Group.
  5. A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6803).
  6. A village in Dyrham and Hinton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7376).
  7. A settlement in Bransgore parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, location of Hinton Admiral house and railway station (OS grid ref SZ2195).
  8. A hamlet in Peterchurch parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3338).
  9. A village in Woodford cum Membris parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5352).
  10. A hamlet in Pontesbury parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4008).
  11. A hamlet in Mudford parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5720).
  12. A rural locality in Blythburgh civil parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM4471 (approx.)).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hinton.wav

Word forms

Hinton Hintons

Etymology

From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Broad Hinton Cherry Hinton Dyrham and Hinton Great Hinton Hinton Ampner Hinton Blewett Hinton Charterhouse Hinton Daubney Hinton-in-the-Hedges Hinton Martell Hinton on the Green Hinton Parva Hinton St George Hinton St Mary Hinton Waldrist Tarrant Hinton
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