Hinton, South Gloucestershire

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.

Hinton
Village
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England

The Bull Inn

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]

Hinton Hill, scene of the battle, from the south

See also

• Hinton (place name)

References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 172 Bristol & Bath (Thornbury & Chew Magna) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319229149.
2. "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
3. "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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2018.

External links

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