Hinstock

Hinstock
St Oswald's Church, Hinstock
Hinstock  Hinstock shown within Shropshire
Population	1,200 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ694263
Civil parish	Hinstock
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MARKET DRAYTON
Postcode district	TF9
Dialling code	01952 550/551
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Shropshire
List of places UK England Shropshire

Coordinates: 52°49′59″N 2°27′11″W / 52.833°N 2.453°W

Hinstock is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

It appeared in the Domesday book survey as "Stoche" (from Old English stoc, "dependent settlement"); the present version of its name was created in the mediaeval period by prefixing Middle English hine ("domestic servants").^[2]

Hinstock is approximately halfway between the market towns of Newport and Market Drayton. The A41 road, which until the 1980s ran through its centre, now bypasses the village. Hinstock is at the junction of the A529 road joining to Nantwich to the A41. A Roman road still exists in part as a road and as a footpath through Hinstock. The settlement of High Heath is to the north of the village alongside the A41 and to the west of Hinstock (at grid reference SJ682260) and forming part of the civil parish is the hamlet of Pixley.

Hinstock's facilities include a primary school; a village shop and post office; St Oswald's Church of England parish church; a pub named the Falcon Inn; a village hall; a Methodist chapel; two tennis courts; a football pitch; a five a side court; a cricket pitch; a small snooker hall and a running club.

Victorian hymn-writer and hymnologist John Ellerton was parish Rector of Hinstock from 1872 to 1876.^[3]

The village hall was built as a memorial after World War I, as was a wheel cross monument which stands at a junction in the village.^[4]

Near the village is a very small nature reserve, Quarry Wood, which is managed by the Shropshire Wildlife Trust.

From 1941 to 1947 there was a co-located Royal Air Force and Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm training station called HMS Godwit, which specialised in instrument and blind landing technologies. A Royal Navy officer and seaman from the base are buried in Hinstock Church's burial ground.^[5]

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 November 2015.
2. Gelling and Foxall, The Place-names of Shropshire, Part 5 English Place-Name Society, 2006, p.137
3. "Ellerton, John (ELRN845J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. Francis, Peter (2013). Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance. YouCaxton Publications. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-909644-11-3.
5. CWGC Cemetery report, details from casualty record.

External links

• Hinstock Parish Council