HINTON (LITTLE), a parish forming a distinct portion of the hundred of ELSTUB-AND-EVERLEY, county of WILTS, 5 miles (E.) from Swindon, containing 284 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £ 13. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Swithin.