Hinton Waldrist is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse

Vale of White Horse

The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England. The main town is Abingdon, other places include Faringdon and Wantage. There are 68 parishes within the district...

, England. It was part of Berkshire

Berkshire

Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

 until the 1974 boundary changes

Local Government Act 1972

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 transferred it to Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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. The village is between Oxford

Oxford

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 and Faringdon

Faringdon

Faringdon is a market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. It is on the edge of the Thames Valley, between the River Thames and the Ridgeway...

, 9 miles (14.5 km) southwest of Oxford. The parish includes the hamlet of Duxford

Duxford, Oxfordshire

Duxford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hinton Waldrist northeast of Faringdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire...

.

History

In 1086 the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 recorded the village as Hentone, Old English for "high farmstead". In the 12th century the manor passed to the St. Valery

Saint-Valery-en-Caux

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 family, from whom the village took the second part of its name. In 1332 the manor was acquired by William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton

William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton

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, whose granddaughter Mary de Bohun

Mary de Bohun

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 became the first wife of King Henry IV

Henry IV of England

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 The manor was subsequently held by John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness

John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness

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, Sir Henry Marten and the Loder family.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church

Church of England parish church

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 of St Margaret

Margaret the Virgin

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 is 13th century, but has been extensively remodelled since. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Castle

Earthworks of a motte-and-bailey

Motte-and-bailey

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 castle are visible to the southwest of the moated manor house.

Scenes in our Village

Hinton Waldrist is the subject of 59 stereoscopic images produced by the Victorian

Victorian era

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...

 photographer T.R. Williams

Thomas Richard Williams

Thomas Richard Williams was a British professional photographer and one of the pioneers of stereoscopy.Williams's first business was in London around 1850. He is known for his celebrated stereographic daguerreotypes of the Crystal Palace...

 in 1856. The series of photographs is the subject of a book entitled A Village Lost and Found

A Village Lost and Found

A Village Lost and Found: Scenes in Our Village by T. R. Williams is the full title of a book released in 2009 by Brian May and Elena Vidal. The book is an annotated collection of stereoscopic photographs taken by the Victorian era photographer T. R. Williams. It is sold with a focussing...

, co-authored by Queen

Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

 guitarist Brian May

Brian May

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.

Notable residents

The Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician Airey Neave

Airey Neave

Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave DSO, OBE, MC was a British soldier, barrister and politician.During World War II, Neave was one of the few servicemen to escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle...

, assassinated by the Irish National Liberation Army

Irish National Liberation Army

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 in 1979, lived in the village. Lee Ryan

Lee Ryan

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, a member of boy band Blue is also a resident.