Hinton, South Gloucestershire Explained
| Official Name: | Hinton |
| Type: | Village |
| Country: | England |
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Hinton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England.[1] It is one mile north of Dyrham and forms part of the civil parish of Dyrham and Hinton.[2] The Bull is the local pub.
Battle of Deorham
The Battle of Deorham (577 C.E.) was fought between West Saxons and Britons on Hinton Hill to the east of the village. It was a key moment in the isolation (on land, at least) of the Britons of the South West Peninsula from the Britons of what would become Wales.[3]
See also
Notes and References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 172 Bristol & Bath (Thornbury & Chew Magna). 9780319229149 . Ordnance Survey. 2013.
- Web site: Ordnance Survey Election Maps. www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . Ordnance Survey . 18 February 2016.
- Web site: From the Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society "The Battle of Dyrham AD 577" by Welbore St Clair Baddeley, 1929, Vol. 51, 95–101 . 20 August 2018 . 4 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004202857/http://www2.glos.ac.uk/bgas/tbgas/v051/bg051095.pdf . dead .
