Hinwick

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 52.24380
longitude= -0.63290
official_name= Hinwick
population =
shire_district= Bedford
shire_county = Bedfordshire
region= East of England
constituency_westminster= Bedford
post_town= WELLINGBOROUGH
postcode_district = NN29
postcode_area= NN
dial_code= 01933
os_grid_reference= SP932615
civil_parish= Podington/
Podington and Hinwick

Hinwick is a hamlet in northwest Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; it is around nine miles north west of Bedford and is about 1 km (0.6 miles) east of the county border with Northamptonshire which is also the postal county. The hamlet is in the parish of Podington, which is sometimes called "Podington and Hinwick" and this parish was within the Hundred of Willey. Hinwick was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Haneuuich, also spelt Heneuuiche [Domesday Book Online - Hinwick - Hineuuich(e) [http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/bedfordshire1.html] ] or Henewich and has also been recorded as Henewic and Hynewyk from the 1200s. [British History Online - Hinwick - older spellings and their dates [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42387] ] Today Hinwick is within the electoral ward of Harrold which is in the Borough of Bedford.

Located around two miles south east of Hinwick are RAF Podington and Santa Pod Raceway.At the cross roads, to the north side of the hamlet is Hinwick House, a manor house in its own grounds, built in 1709-14.

Less than one mile north north east along the main road is the village of Podington. Other nearby villages include, Farndish to the north and Wollaston to the north west, both just within two miles and also Bozeat around two and a half miles south west. The centre of the larger town, Rushden, is around three and a half miles north north east.

ee also

*Hinwick House

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