Hinton St George

infobox UK place
country= England
latitude= 50.9090
longitude= -2.8191
official_name= Hinton St George
population= 404cite web |url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/statistics/contents/population/estimates/2002mye/ |title=2002 Population estimates |accessdate=2008-03-08 |format= |work=Somerset County Council ]
civil_parish= Hinton St George
shire_district= South Somerset
shire_county= Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Yeovil
post_town= CREWKERNE
postcode_district= TA17
postcode_area= TA
dial_code= 01460
os_grid_reference= ST425125

Hinton St George is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 miles outside of Crewkerne, ten miles south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 404.

It has a wide main street lined with hamstone cottages, some thatched. The village has a thriving shop. The village does not lie on a major road, and has a few holiday cottages and second homes.

In Hinton St George is the Church of St George. It includes 13th century work by masons of Wells Cathedral, The vestry and north chapel of 1814 are said to be by James Wyatt, however it is more likely to be by Jeffry Wyatt, (later Sir Jeffry Wyattville). The 4-stage tower is dated to 1485-95. It is supported by full-height offset corner buttresses, and has battlemented parapets with quatrefoil panels below merlons on the corner and intermediate pinnacles. The weathervane was added in 1756 by Thomas Bagley of Bridgwater. There is a hexagonal south-east corner stair turret. Stage 2 has small light on the north side and a statue niche on the south. All the faces on the two upper stages 2-light mullioned, transomed and traceried window under pointed arched labels, with pierced stone baffles. The clockface is under east window. [cite web | title=Church of St George, Hinton St George | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=262298 | accessdate=2008-03-06] During restoration work the parapet of the tower was examined and a stone was discovered with a carved date of 1731 which may suggest that the decorative parapet may have been added then. The tracery on the north side has been marked out but never cut. In general there is little sign of more than one phase of construction although repairs are evident. [cite web |url=http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=54002 |title=Church of St George and churchyard, Hinton St George |accessdate=2008-03-06 |format= |work=Somerset Historic Environment Record ]

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* [http://www.somerset3d.co.uk/logos%20&%20pictures/town%20&%20village%20pages/hintonstgeorge.htm Photos of Hinton St George in 3d (Anaglyphs)]