HINTON (or HINTON ADMIRAL)  is a chapelry and ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1867 from the civil parish of Christchutch, in the union, hundred, and county court district of Christchurch, Southern division of the county, 4 miles north-east from Christchurch, and 100 from London, on the road to Southampton.

The church of St. Michael is of brick with stone dressings, with square tower and 1 bell: a chancel, designed by G. E. Street, esq., R.A., was commenced in 1873, the nave will be re-seated: the edifice was consecrated in 178G. The register dates from the year 1786.

 The living is a vicarage, annual value £72, in the gift of Sir George Eliott Meyrick Tapps Gervis, bart., and held by the Rev. Thomas Bond Bird Robinson, M.A., of St. John's College, Oxford, who resides at Burton.

 Hinton Admiral is an ancient mansion, the seat of Sir G. E. M.Tapps Gervis, bart., who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. East Close is BOW the residence of Robert William Hanbury, esq., M.P. 

 The population in 1871 was 329. 
BECKLEY is within the chapelry.

Hinton station was opened in 1886 in a very rural location and a popular pub is The Cat and Fiddle.

HINTON ADMIRAL SCHOOL PHOTO 1958
BACK ROW: Mrs Davies. Linda Frampton. ?? . Pat Gribble. Raymond Car. Stephen Diment. Paul Bordesa. Susan Woodman. Miss Williams. Mrs Harrison
MIDDLE ROW: Clive Perie, Jamie Clear. Robin Costello. ??.  ??. ??. ??.  ? Hansom. ??. Lin Oaten
FRONT ROW: Janet Baker. ??. ??. Karen Costello. Stuartr Tolkien. ??. ??. Ruth Hansom. ??. Katherine Row. Stephen Ballantyne. ??,
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