Hinwood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Pontesbury
Historical Forms
- Hynewud' 1261-2 ForProc
- Inwood 1799 Townson
- Inwood, Hinwood 1842 TA
Etymology
HINWOOD, Hynewud '1261-2ForProc (p), Inwood 1799 Townson, Inwood , Hinwood 1842TA . 'Wood of the religious community', v. hīgna , wudu . The reference is probably to the priests who served Pontesbury church, which is likely to have been an ancient minster.The church is said in 1254 RH to hold two hides of land in Asterley. The hamlet is a squatter settlement, ascribed by VCH VIII 257 to 18th-cent. mining activity.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Engine Coppice
- Edgegrove
- Little Halston
- Shorthill
- Panson
- Wood Hall
- Sydnall Cottage
- Polmere
- Marton
- Nox
- New Ho
- Church Hill Wood
- Malehurst
- Pontesford Hill
- Little Coppice
Other OS name
- Buck's Coppice
- Cruckton Hall
- Hanwood Gate Pool
- Hare and Hounds P.H.
- Hollybank
- Hortonlane Coppice
- Jenkins Coppice
- Moves Coppice
- Hinton Hall, Hinton Plantation
- New Mill
- Clanbrook Bridge
- Lea Cross, Lea Cross Bridge
- Lea Hall
- Trap Cottage
- Coppice Cottages and Ho
- Curtiss Coppice
- Gipsy Coppice
- Moat Hall
- Papermill Coppice
- Slade Lane
- Upper Woodhall Coppice and Lower Woodhall Coppice
- Bank Ho
- Broompatch
- Hall Fm
- Hays Coppice
- Hurst Bank
- Lingcroft Pool and Lingcroft Coppice
- Longden Bridge
- Longden Common
- Longden Coppice
- Longden Manor
- Longdenwood
- the Poplars
- Red Lion Inn
- Rock Cottage
- Roundhouse Fm
- Slang Coppice
- Woodhouse Fm
- Oaks Hall
- Oaks Lodge
- Oaks Wood
- Little Plealey
- Plealey Ho
- Radlith
- Radlith Wd
- Tag's Gutter
- Bridgleys
- Crown P.H.
- Hill Fm
- Horseshoe P.H.
- Mount Pleasant Nursery
- Nills Hill
- Polesgate
- Pontesbury Hill
- the Ring
- Woodhouse
- Brook Ho, Cliffdale Ho, the Grove, Linley Terrace, New Ho, the Poplars, Quarry Villa, Rose Villa, Somerville, South View Villa, White Hall, Willow Ho
- Brookside Ho
- Cherry Hayes Cottages
- Earlsdale, Vch Viii
- the Grove
- Hill Fm
- Lower and Upper Mill
- the Lyd Hole
- Nag's Head P.H.
- Old Lodge
- the Plantation
- Skin Mill Cottage
- Smithy