How to get to Hindon

From the East & South East: From the M3 exit at Junction 7 onto the A303 (the highway only goes to the West) signposted to Andover.  You cross the A345  roundabout, pass Stonehenge, cross the A360 roundabout, through Winterbourne Stoke - which has a very active speed camera - and through the roundabout on the A36.  8 km onwards just at the end of the dual carriageway  turn left onto a slip road signposted Fonthill Bishop.  Turn right at the main road - B3089 - and 2 km or so arrive at Hindon
At junction 7, you're an hour away from Hindon
At Stonehenge, you're twenty minutes away from  Hindon

From Salisbury: Drive west along the A36, through the traffic lights 2  km out of town, past the Wilton Garden Centre, left turn on the roundabout, through Wilton on the A30.  4 km from Wilton turn right crossing the main road onto the B3089.  15 km later finds you in Hindon
It's a half hour drive from Salisbury

From Warminster: Drive south on the A350 towards Shaftesbury.  10 km later, turn left at the traffic lights,  onto the B3089 to Hindon. 
It's a fifteen minute drive from Warminster.

From the West (Exeter, etc): Drive East along the A303 to the Esso station at Willoughby Hedge.  Turn right onto the slip road on the right signposted to Hindon.  Cross the A 350 at the traffic lights at the crossroads onto the B3089 to Hindon. 

For a real road map click: http://www.streetmap.co.uk where you can select Hindon or a post code, if you know an address

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History

    Hindon is unlike other villages in the area in that it was established from scratch in the years around 1220 by the bishopric of Winchester, which owned the manor of East Knoyle that included Hindon. 

    Peter des Roches was a Frenchman who served King John and came to England with him when the king lost his Normandy possessions.  John nominated him to the see of Winchester in 1204.  Bishop Peter followed a contemporary trend in establishing new boroughs as commercial ventures with market, fair and associated church.  This weekly market was laid out along the line of the present wide High Street, with market stalls in front of the cottages and burgage plots behind. Tracks led from the street to fields behind the town, a pattern that largely survives.

    An annual fair (later biannual) was held on the site of the present crossroads in the village.  Market and fair prospered, artisans abounded and, by the 17^th century, Hindon had one of the busiest fairs in South Wiltshire trading cattle, sheep, horses, pigs and cheese.  Both market and fair survived to the late 19^th century.  Despite rebuilding and infill the pattern of this compact medieval town can still be traced on the ground today. 

    Hindon’s Great Fire of 1754, which destroyed a considerable part of the High Street, damaged this prosperity.  Fortunately, the turnpiking of the present B3089 soon after put Hindon on one of the London to Exeter coaching routes, generating commerce and service trades, not least for inns and alehouses.  The only survivors are the Lamb Inn and the Angel Inn (called the Grosvenor Arms between 1830 and recently) but a walk down the High Street will reveal a number of archways that once led to inn buildings and stable yards.

    From 1448 Hindon was a parliamentary borough sending two MPs to Westminster.  By the 17^th century it was described as ‘one of rottenest of rotten boroughs’ and in the 18^th there were frequent tales of open bribery, mob violence and general disturbance that were only ended by the loss of the town’s franchise at the Reform Act of 1832.  Some notable figures were members, such  Edmund Ludlow, regicide; the Whig Henry Fox, later Secretary at War and Secretary of State, and William Beckford Jr, the builder of Fonthill Abbey.

    A chaplain, later appointed and supported by a charity of local citizens, served the small chapel built by des Roches in 1224, but it was only a chapel-of-ease to the parish church at East Knoyle.  Hindon did not achieve independent parish status until 1869.  By that time the chapel had been added to and altered for several centuries.  William Milles was appointed vicar of the new parish.  Within two years the old chapel had been demolished and rebuilt as a parish church at the cost of Richard Grosvenor, 2^nd Marquess of Westminster, who owned a considerable portion of the village.  This church that we see today dominates the village and almost certainly occupies the site of the first chapel.

    The routing of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway through Tisbury in 1859 was the death knell for the coach and carriage trade in Hindon.  The population of the village slowly declined from 921 in 1831 to its present status of a medium sized village with 493 inhabitants in the 1991 census.  Recent years have seen here, as elsewhere, a disappearance of nearly all the shops and trades and the influx of the retired and short distance commuters.  There survive, however, a number of representatives of Hindon’s old working families and the village, partly due to its compact shape, still preserves a close sense of community.

Publications                                                          

The Church in Hindon by Richard Dewhurst (Hindon Publishing - 2000) obtainable in Hindon Post Office, in the church and on loan from Wiltshire County Libraries.

Richard dewhurst's  history of the village 'Crosstracks to Hindon was published in 2005.

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Today's Hindon            

	The picture shows the High Street facing north from the approach from Tisbury.  The immediate cross road travels left along the Dene and right to the east along School Lane.  At the junction of the Dene and the High Street a well equipped playground has been provided for the villagers.  St John and St Mary First School caters for 45 children between the ages of 5 and 9 with three teachers. The High Street travels uphill north through another cross road - the B3089 from Barford St Martin in the west  to the A350 a mile to the east. At the cross roads are two substantial inns, The Angel Inn and The Lamb Inn offering 25 rooms of accommodation and excellent dining facilities.  In the same area is the Post Office which incorporates a small but excellent supermarket.
Scheduled bus services call at the shelter nearby beside the public telephone kiosk. A few yards further north on the right, past the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, stands the modern surgery. There are two housing estates with 30 or so houses in each, one south of the Dene and the other to the east past The Lamb Inn. If you want to contact anybody whose phone number or e-mail address doesn't appear, e-mail the Hindon Correspondent with your query. CLUBS & SOCIETIES  HINDON & FONTHILL BISHOP W.I. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall. For an annual subscription members can attend eleven meetings a year. The topics of our meetings are very varied, endeavouring to suit the interests of our members. There are frequent opportunities to attend county and national events.  New members are welcome. Contact:  Mrs Thelma Caughey (Secretary)  Tel. 820840   THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION The Hindon Branch meets in the Lamb at 7.30 pm on the first Monday of every month. For membership details contact the Hon. Secretary,  Richard Bryson, tel. 820372  THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION WOMEN’S SECTION Meetings of the Hindon Branch are at 2.30pm on various Wednesdays throughout the year.  Fund raising events include a lunch, cream tea and a Poppy Appeal Saturday market.   For details contact the Hon. Secretary, Mrs Kay Maycock, tel. 820306  HINDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Chairman:  Mrs Doreen Potts Hon. Secretaries:  Mrs Barbara King and Miss Geraldine Fairfax-Cholmeley Hon. Treasurer:  Mrs Rose Roe  The Hindon & District Horticultural and Industrial Show (Hindon Flower Show) takes place at the end of July.  Other activities such as Plant Exchanges and Halloween Pumpkin Competitions are organised from time to time and are advertised in the Newsletter.  HINDON FELLOWSHIP CLUB The Fellowship Club, next door to The Lamb, offers great local entertainment:  bingo, skittles, darts, pool, cribbage and other events. Open daily, except Tuesday, 7.30pm – 11.00pm (10.30pm Sunday).  If you have an event you would like to run, come and tell us about it; all details available at the club and will be posted around the village. If you are not yet a member why not join for a small fee? If you are a member please come along and support us ‑ it is your club. HINDON ALLOTMENT AND CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION A community enterprise run by a group of volunteers working with the Parish Council with the aim of promoting horticulture and nature conservation in Hindon.  Discover the world of Allotment Gardening!  Further details from the Secretary, Tony Wills, tel. 820482. ØSite Table of Contents, ØSite Home Page & Map, ØHindon Home Page CHURCHES check out ØChurch Services CHURCH OF ENGLAND THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST The parish is part of the Nadder Valley Team Ministry and services are taken by  various priests of the team including retired clergy living in the area.  Our designated Parish Priest is the Reverend Sue Symons.  We should be pleased if you would contact her or one of the Churchwardens if you would like to know more about the Church here.  Newcomers to the village are very welcome at the Parish Church.  We are always pleased to see children in church at any service, and there is usually a short Family Communion service each month followed by coffee in church.  Details of church services are published in the monthly Newsletter.  In addition to the Sunday services, there is Holy Communion every Thursday at 10.00 am  Rev'd Sue Symons, The Open Gate, Hindon Road, Dinton SP3 5EG; e.mail: suesymons@nadderfocus.com Mr John Walker, Coach Cottage, High Street, Hindon (Churchwarden) Lt Col Tony Streather (Churchwarden) Mrs Katherine Nimmo., Sirius, The Dene, Hindon (Secretary, Hindon P.C.C) The Choir is shared with Chilmark - if you might be interested in joining, please speak to one of the churchwardens.  We have a team of bell-ringers who ring for about half an hour before the Service on Sundays, and practice on alternate Tuesdays from 7pm - 8.30pm.  We would be delighted to hear from anyone who might like to join, either as an experienced ringer or who would like to learn.  Contact Anne Spanton. Market stalls are run for the church at Rose Cottage in the High Street at 10.00 am every Saturday from after Easter until mid July, selling home-made cakes etc. and local produce.  They also provide a good opportunity for newcomers to get to know people. If you are willing to support the Church by making regular annual or quarterly payments, please contact the Treasurer Mr Duncan Gough ( duncangough@waitrose.com).  He will let you have a bankers order form and, if appropriate, a Gift Aid declaration form.  He will also explain the two envelope schemes which we operate. St John’s Discussion Group meets monthly on a Monday evening at Steeple Close.  Everyone is welcome, whatever faith (or no faith).  Dates and details of the subject to be discussed are published in the newsletter and on this site- click Church Notices. The Newsletter is delivered free to every house in the village on or about the 1st of each month.  This provides the best possible way to keep in touch with what is going on in church and village.  The Children’s Society operates a ‘House Box’ scheme in the village.  The boxes are collected annually in late July/early August.  If you would like to have a box at home please contact Mary Curtis on 820218.  ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH The Church of the Sacred Heart, Tisbury All Saints Chapel, Wardour. Parish Priest: Canon Thomas Atthill VF, Trellis House, Station Road, Tisbury SP3 6JR Tel: 870228  Fax: 870519   MASSES   TISBURY WARDOUR Sunday 9.00 am and 6.30 pm 11.00 am Weekdays 9.00 am  Mon, Wed & Sat 7.00 pm Fri      9.15 am Tue Holy Days 7.30 pm 10.00 am Confessions Sat 10.30 am - 11.00 am & 7.00 pm - 7.30 pm   TISBURY METHODIST-UNITED REFORMED CHURCH Minister:  Reverend Frances Balham 7 Ridge Way, Shaftesbury, Dorset  SP7 9HB - Tel. 854631 Sunday Services 10.30 am;  Last Sunday - Praise at 8.00 pm    ØSite Table of Contents, ØSite Home Page & Map, ØHindon Home Page   LOCAL GOVERNMENT Hindon Parish Council Meetings are held approximately once a month and take place in the Village Hall (Reading Room) starting at 7.00 pm.  Dates are announced in the Newsletter and the agenda is posted on the Parish Council Notice Board adjacent to the bus shelter one week in advance.  Members of the public are always welcome to attend these meetings and time is set aside for public questions. Minutes of the meetings are published on the Notice Board, at the Post Office, The Lamb, and on www.nadderfocus.com. There are eight parish councillors (currently two vacancies): Chairman  Mr Chris Maycock, Grant Cottage, High Street, Hindon  Tel 820306  Vice Chairman Mr John Robinson, Willow Cottage, High Street, Hindon Tel: 820393 Miss Joan Davies (Chairman, Planning Sub-Committee), Top House, High Street, Hindon  Tel: 820258  Mr Duncan Gough (Footpaths Officer) Harrier’s Roost, High Street, Hindon Tel: 820668 Mr Richard Kaufman, Merlin House, High Street, Hindon. Tel: 820055 Mr Jim Caughey, Steeple Close, High Street, Hindon. Tel: 820840 Mr Tony King, Pine Cottage, The Dene, Hindon. Tel Mr Frank Freeman, (Highways Officer) Red House Farm Tel: 820495 Clerk of the Council:  Mrs Elizabeth Young, 2 Ladydown View, Tisbury, SP3 6LL Tel: 870528 e-mail: Ladydown@waitrose.com Salisbury District Council The Council House, Bourne Hill, Salisbury  SP1 3UZ   Tel. 01722 336272  Our District Councillor is Mr Michael Fowler   Hindon lies within the Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.  The greater part of the village is designated a Conservation Area, with most of the properties in the High Street being Grade II Listed.  For advice on Listed Building consent and planning permission issues for both internal and external work contact the Planning Department at 61 Wyndham Road, Salisbury, tel. 01722 434327.  Other useful numbers: Environmental Health Services  (01722) 434319 Housing  (01722) 434336 Refuse Collection.  The general refuse collection is made on Tuesday, except in weeks where there is a Bank Holiday, when changes in collection are advertised in the local papers. There is also a salvage collection (waste paper, cardboard, books, magazines and newspapers) from the High Street every other Tuesday.  Waste paper should be left at the kerbside by 8.00am, properly contained to prevent litter. Collection of large items (“bulky household waste”) can be arranged by contacting the Environmental Health department (01722 434391 / 434320).  Charge for 1 item is £10, for 2-6 items £20. Recycling.  There will be recycling bins for glass, cans and paper in the car park at The Angel by the end of July, 2007.  There are bins in Tisbury car park.  Fly Tipping   To report fly tipping telephone 01722 434319 / 434320 or e-mail enhmail@salisbury.gov.uk Wiltshire County Council County Hall, Trowbridge, Wiltshire  BA14 8JD  Tel. 01225 713000  Our County Councillor is Mr Tony Deane, Fitz Farmhouse, Teffont, Salisbury SP3 5QY.  E-mail: tdeane6995@aol.com            Call CLARENCE (Customer Lighting And Roads ENquiry CEntre) on 0800 23 23 23  to report any road and lighting defects and hazards.  This freephone number (open between 8.30am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday) has been set up by Wiltshire County Council to provide a quick and easy way of reporting damaged pavements, potholes in roads, defective traffic lights, blocked road drains and any other highway faults or hazards. Alternatively, e-mail  clarence@wiltshire.gov.uk     ØSite Table of Contents, ØSite Home Page & Map, ØHindon Home Page   MEDICAL CARE DOCTORS’ SURGERY The Surgery, Hindon, Wilts  SP3 6DJ    Tel: 820222    Fax: 820736 Dr Patrick Craig-McFeely and Dr Sally Hayes  Ø LATEST SURGERY DETAILS & NEWS Minor Injuries Unit – Westminster Memorial Hospital, Shaftesbury. 01747 851535 Accident & Emergency – Salisbury District Hospital.  01722 336262 SURGERY HOURS  (by appointment) 08.40 – 10.30                        Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 15.30 – 17.30                        Monday, Wednesday and Friday SURGERY BUILDING OPENING TIMES 08.00 – 12.45                        Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 13.45 – 18.30                        Monday, Wednesday & Friday 08.00 – 12 noon                    Tuesday 13.45 – 17.00                        Thursday The Surgery will be closed between 12.45pm and 1.45pm daily    HINDON VOLUNTARY CAR SERVICE This service was started in 1979 to help people in Hindon, Chicklade and Fonthill Bishop.  Members of the Group will take people for hospital appointments, or to the chiropodist, optician, etc. if they do not drive or have no relative available to drive them.  No charge is made for this service, but after a journey a donation may be made towards expenses. Money donated is later shared between our drivers who have driven during the particular period.  Details from the Organiser, Mrs Heather Bull, The Nook, Hindon. LEONARD CHESHIRE CARE AT HOME SERVICE For details telephone 01225 781138 ØSite Table of Contents, ØSite Home Page & Map, ØHindon Home Page   PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRAINS & BUSES The nearest railway station is at Tisbury which is on the London Waterloo - Exeter line.  Warminster is on the Portsmouth-Salisbury-Bristol-South Wales line.   Information on train services can also be obtained by ringing  NATIONAL RAIL ENQUIRIES  on  08457 48 49 50 or visit the National Rail website at www.nationalrail.co.uk  ; Our Local Public Transport Group representative in Hindon is Miss Joan Davies For Public Transport Timetable information over the telephone, please ring  TRAVELINE  on  0870 608 2 608 (open 7am to 10pm, 364 days per year); or visit the Traveline Website at  www.travelinesw.com ; Information on train services can also be obtained by ringing  NATIONAL RAIL ENQUIRIES  on  08457 48 49 50 or visit the National Rail website at www.nationalrail.co.uk  ; Timetable leaflets, booklets and maps for public transport services in Wiltshire can be obtained by ringing  Wiltshire County Council  on  01225 713000 or by emailing buses@wiltshire.gov.uk .  Information is also available on our website at www.wiltshire.gov.uk/bus-services.htm .  We are also introducing a special telephone number for people to report to us, any problems that they may experience with a bus service in Wiltshire – this is 01225 718080 but we would stress that this number should only be used to report problems and not for general timetable enquiries.  Alternatively, passengers can email us at  buses@wiltshire.gov.uk Tisbus:  The Tisbury and District Community Minibus serving Tisbury and the surrounding villages.  For use by individual passengers or groups, it offers a door-to-door service taking villagers to and from Tisbury, or to visit  in-patients at Salisbury District Hospital etc., etc.  The bus is able to take wheelchairs, fares are reasonable and membership is open to everyone living in the Tisbury area. Requests for journeys by individuals or groups to the office: 01747 870995 between10.00am and 12.00 noon. ØTisbus Details Rural Community Bus Service Salisbury District’s door-to-door community bus for those with limited mobility and difficulty in using public transport.  Easy access steps, rear lift and able to accommodate wheelchairs.  Services from the rural communities to Salisbury City Centre (New Canal), or the Shopmobility Centre to transfer to other mobility aids (wheelchairs, etc.) which are for hire. For information on bus services, facilities and costs call Peter on 01722 410123 or 328068 Monday to Friday 9.30am - 12.30pm. Wigglybus: The Mere and District Wigglybus has now been re-named Connect2 Wiltshire or C2W if you prefer! Hindon residents will find changes in the schedules and new hand-sized, detailed timetables are available from the Post Office Stores. These leaflets contain telephone numbers for information and bookings. The Connect2 Wiltshire service is called a taxi service as a smaller vehicle is in use, and it must be pre-booked if you wish to travel. The Saturday Mere to Salisbury Nightbus Service will no longer operate, as the low number of passengers did not justify its retention. Other bus services run by Wilts & Dorset still operate as in the buses through Hindon timetable, 1st August 2006. ØSite Table of Contents, ØSite Home Page & Map, ØHindon Home Page GENERAL SERVICES LIBRARY SERVICES The Mobile Library from Warminster visits Hindon every Wednesday between 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm and parks in the High Street, outside, or near, Bank House.  There is a good stock of fiction and non-fiction, children’s books and talking books.  The Library will also obtain a book not being carried for a small charge.  The vehicle has full disabled access.  There is also a Library in Tisbury which is open on Mondays and Fridays from 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm and 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm, and on Wednesdays from 10.00 am - 1.00 pm.  HINDON VILLAGE HALL The Village Hall, formerly the Reading Room, is widely used for meetings, fund raising events and social activities. Whist Drives are held on the first Thursday of the month at 7.30pm and attract players from many of the surrounding villages. Yoga classes take place on Monday evenings, Pilates classes on Thursday mornings and there are two art groups meeting on Wednesday and Friday mornings. For bookings contact  Mrs Pearl Foster on 820445 Treasurer - Mrs Doreen Potts on 820520. SCHOOL St Mary’s & St John’s School, Hindon Headteacher:  Mrs Sarah Colman Tel. 820260 Email: admin@hindonce.wilts.sch.uk Chairman of Governors:  Mr Richard Bryson Primary school for children aged 4 – 11.  Flying Start Nursery for 2 – 5 year olds attached to the school.  Feeder school for Gillingham. Small classes ~ Christian environment ~ Good provision for Special Needs and able pupils ~ French taught in school ~ Instrumental music taught at Key Stage 2 ~ Swimming lessons ~ Football coaching ~ Free after school clubs ~ Home cooked school meals. POLICE (for more details and latest bulletin click police) Tisbury Neighbourhood Policing Team: PC Mark Steele & PC Mark Littlewood Tisbury Police Station, The Avenue, Tisbury  SP3 6JJ    Opening Times:  Monday, Saturday, Sunday -CLOSED. Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday- 9.00am to 1.00pm. Thursday- 9.00am to 5.00pm. In cases of Emergency dial ‘999’ non emergency phone number - 0845 408 7000 BOBBY VAN The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust is a registered charity which works closely with the Wiltshire Constabulary and whose operations room is located in Chippenham Police Station.  The Bobby Van provides a courtesy home security service for people over 60 who are vulnerable or disadvantaged, to reduce fear of crime and the incidence of burglary.   It does not provide a service for landlords or businesses.  No charge is made for the service provided (e.g. fitting window locks, door chains etc.).   The Bobby Operators all wear a uniform and carry formal police identity badges. HINDON POST OFFICE STORES  stocks a full range of Groceries, Household products, Off Licence, Cards and Stationery, Home-made Jams and Preserves and also provides Dry Cleaning, Film Processing and Shoe Repair services.  Banking services  available for Lloyds TSB, Barclays, Cahoot, Co-Operative Bank,  and Alliance & Leicester PLC, on-line banking and Foreign Currency  and, of course, household bills such as T.V., electricity and telephone and Council Tax can be paid at the Post Office free of charge.    FREE HOME DELIVERY SERVICE.  Tel. 820366 FISHMONGER  Chris Healey’s fish van visits the village on Tuesdays PERTWOOD ORGANICS CO-OP  deliver boxes of Organic Vegetables to Hindon every week.  For further details telephone 820763. ALLOTMENTS Requests for allotments should be made to the Parish Council Clerk, Mrs Young: ladydown@waitrose.com BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY Medical loans and equipment - tel. Mrs Butler 830215 VET.  The Longmead Veterinary Practice in Shaftesbury holds a surgery in Tisbury on Monday and Thursday afternoons between 2.30 & 4.00pm, in addition to the daily surgery in Shaftesbury.  Phone 852064 or 853911 for an appointment.   There is also a veterinary surgery in Gillingham, telephone 822428. TISBURY & DISTRICT SPORTS CENTRE (for current details Øsports ) Sports Halls - Fitness Studios - Tennis Courts - Lounge/Bar Open Monday - Friday 9.00am - 10.30pm. Saturday & Sunday 9.00am - 6.00pm Weaveland Road, Tisbury.  Tel. 871141 MARQUEES FOR HIRE The village now owns two marquees that are available for hire for that special occasion. One is approx. 48’ x 18’ and the smaller one is approx 15’ x 10’.  There are also some chairs, trestle tables and matting available.  For details and booking contact Sue Warren on 820321. THE NEWSLETTER The monthly Newsletter is delivered free to every house in the village.  Packed with useful information about events and activities in and around the area, details of church services, School news, Parish Council reports, the Community Bulletin from Tisbury & Mere Police, etc., etc., the newsletter is the way to keep up to date with what’s going on in Hindon.  In addition, the LOCAL GOODS AND SERVICES DIRECTORY appears quarterly in the Newsletter.  To advertise in this contact Mrs K Maycock, Grant Cottage, High Street, Hindon SP3 6DJ.   HINDON WEBSITE Check out nadderfocus.com/hindon to find out more information and news about Hindon.  Village history, current activities, Parish Council minutes – its all there and you can explore the other pages to see what other villages in the Nadder Valley have to offer.   OTHER USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS   Citizen’s Advice Bureau    01722 327222 click CAB for latest news Southern Electricity    08457 70 80 90 click ELECTRIC for their website Wessex Water (leaks)   0800 692 0692 click WESSEX for their website ØSite Table of Contents, ØSite Home Page & Map, ØHindon Home Page RIGHTS OF WAY Hindon is blessed with a good network of Rights of Way (RoW) within and around the village. It also sits on the junction of two nationally recognised paths, the Wessex Ridgeway and Monarch’s Way. A network of 20 public rights of way exists in the parish of Hindon. The Parish Council’s Footpaths Officer is Duncan Gough: ( duncangough@waitrose.com )   Path No. Description of path           1 Footpath.  From the Mere-Salisbury road, B.3089, at the bottom of Needles Hill, leading north-west across the Wylye road, u/c 9095, at Berwick Glebe Barn to the Chicklade road, u/c 9094, at its junction with path No.3.          3 Bridleway.  From the top of Chicklade Hill, u/c 9094, at the northern end of path No.1, leading north-east across Berwick Down to its junction with the Ox Drove, path No.4.         4 RUPP.  The Ox Drove.  From the East Knoyle Parish boundary at the top of Chalk Hollow leading east across the Chicklade road.u/c 9094, and continuing north-east past path No.3 to the Chicklade Parish boundary.         6 Footpath.  From the Tisbury road, C.25, at the northern end of High Street, leading north-east to the Chicklade road, u/c 9094.         7 Bridleway.  Back Way.  From the Tisbury road, C.25, at the top of High Street, leading south-west and then south-east to the Mere -Salisbury road, B.3089.         9 RUPP.   Back Way.  From the Mere-Salisbury road, B.3089, opposite path No.7, leading south-east to the entrance to Bakehouse Yard, path No.13.         11 Footpath.  Back Way.  From its junction with path No.9 at the entrance to Bakehouse Yard leading south-east through the Allotments, then over a footbridge to the Dene.         12 RUPP.  From the Tisbury road, C.25, at High Street leading south-west through Queen’s Head Yard to its junction with path No.9, Back Way.         13 RUPP and Footpath. RUPP.  From the Tisbury Road, C.25, at High Street south-west through Bakehouse Yard to the Nook and continuing south-west as a Footpath to No.11, Back Way.         14 Footpath.  From the Tisbury road, C.25, at High Street leading south-west along the Dene to its junction with path No.11, Back Way.         15 Byway.  From the western end of road u/c 11081 leading south-west along the Dene and west to the East Knoyle road, C.58, at the bottom of Knoyle Hill.         16 Footpath.  From the Newtown road, C.302, at the bottom of White Hill,  leading south-west to “Little Paddock”.         17 RUPP.    From the Newtown road, C.302, at the middle of White Hill, leading south-west to “Downside” and “Little Paddock” at its junction with path No.16.         18 RUPP.  From the Newtown rod, C.302, at the top of White Hill, leading west across the Down to “Little Paddock” and to its junction with paths Nos. 20 and 21.         20 RUPP.  From “Little Paddock” at the western end of path No.16 leading west across the Down to the East Knoyle road, C.58, at the bottom of Knoyle Hill.         21 Footpath.  From “Little Paddock” at the western end of path No.16 leading south-west across the Down to the East Knoyle Parish Boundary.         22 RUPP.  From the Mere-Salisbury road, B3089, 640 m west of milestone ‘Hindon 1, Salisbury 15’, leading south-west across the Tisbury road, C.25, and the Newtown road, C.302, to the East Knoyle Parish boundary near the Tumulus.         23 RUPP.  From the East Knoyle road, C.58, at the bottom of Knoyle Hill near the western end of paths No.15 and 20, leading south along the East Knoyle Parish boundary to the Fonthill Gifford Parish boundary.         29 RUPP.  From the eastern end of road u/c 11068, leading north-east past the Cottages and Chapel House, past Dene House to its junction with path No.22;  including spur leading south-east by Dene House.         30 Footpath.  From East Street leading generally south-west to Hindon High Street near the Post Office.   Click on any of the thumbnails to enlarge     ST905318 Sheephouse Farm to Hindon ST905328 Hawking Down ST905338 Hindon Westward ST915318 Fonthill Gifford to Hindon ST915328 Hindon Eastward ST915338 Hindon to Chicklade     Images produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

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 ROYAL BRITISH LEGION WOMEN’S SECTION

The meeting this month is on Tuesday 15^th April at 2.30pm in the Village Hall.
Please note that this is Tuesday rather than our customary meeting day of Wednesday!
Our speaker will be Lt. Col. (ret’d) David Weston, who will be telling us of his journey along “Route 66” on a Harley-Davidson.

The meeting this month is on Thursday 10^th January 2008 in the Village Hall at 7.30pm.
The speaker will be Mrs F. Herring with a talk entitled 'An Artist's View of 19th Century Rural Britain'.
We try to have a wide variety of speakers to suit all tastes!  Visitors are welcome.

HINDON FELLOWSHIP CLUB

We are planning another pool competition and a skittles knockout so please put your name down on the list in the club if you want to take part.    We are also awaiting a ping-pong table and have some money to buy new equipment, we just need to know what else you might like e.g. safe darts, board games, dancemat etc.,   Let us know when you come to the club and we will do our best to get it, after all its your club. Ring 820254

We look forward to seeing you.

 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FELLOWSHIP CLUB

Following the archives being on view during a weekend in July I would like to thank everyone for supporting the club during the past 70 years. I have felt privileged to read the archives and thought maybe some of our newer members of the village might like to know a brief history of the club. 

It was opened on July 2^nd 1937 with a very large committee of 30 (our committee today is 15). Miss Cecily Crisp was the Chairman, Treasurer and founder of the club after she bought the land in the late 1920’s. There was an annual subscription of 4/- and it was for men only.

World War II started and there were some rule changes for the duration: all men in uniform could become honorary members. This was amended in 1944 when all allied soldiers who were fighting with the British were allowed in. Miss Crisp also wanted to show her kindness to the men fighting for the country by giving all serving men 5/- at Christmas as well as POW’s getting 20/-.

Miss Crisp unexpectedly passed away in 1943 and in her will it stated that the club was to be run by Trustees and a committee. She wanted it to carry on as a club for the working men of Hindon and surrounding villages.

The club has had a jagged financial history and there have been times when it did not look as though the club would pick up. However it always has, and with a little help from Gibbs Mews Brewery was able to get a major refit 20 years ago.

Unfortunately some of our records have been mislaid. We no longer have any records for the 1960’s, 70’s or early 80’s. It would be great to find them and piece together the puzzle.

We are hoping to have another archive day next year, so come along and learn a bit more about our past. Or you could fill out a membership from and become part of that history and keep this small village club going just like Miss Crisp wanted.

Charlotte Castle

PARENTS/CARERS
If you would like to help run the club, we are always looking for more volunteers.  Please contact Mandy Warren 01747 820361 or Jo Grant 01747 820551 and we will happily add your name to our rota of helpers.

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