Hinwick is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in northwest Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

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, England

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, United Kingdom

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; it is around nine miles north west of Bedford

Bedford

Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...

 and is about 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) east of the county border with Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

 which is also the postal county

Postal counties of the United Kingdom

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. The hamlet is in the parish

Parish

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 of Podington

Podington

Podington is a village and civil parish in northwest Bedfordshire in England, United Kingdom. The village is within the electoral ward of Harrold in the Borough of Bedford. Podington lies around northwest of Bedford and is about east of the county border with Northamptonshire...

, which is sometimes called "Podington and Hinwick" and this parish was within the Hundred of Willey

Hundred of Willey

The Hundred of Willey is a historical land division, a hundred in northwest corner of Bedfordshire, England. Its northwestern boundary is the county border with Northamptonshire, and its southwestern boundary the border with Buckinghamshire...

. Hinwick was recorded in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 in 1086 as Haneuuich, also spelt Heneuuiche or Henewich and has also been recorded as Henewic and Hynewyk from the 13th century.
Today Hinwick is within the electoral ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

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 of Harrold

Harrold, Bedfordshire

Harrold is a civil parish and electoral ward in the Borough of Bedford within Bedfordshire, England, around nine miles north-west of Bedford. The village is on the north bank of the River Great Ouse, and is the site of an ancient bridge, linking the village with Carlton with Chellington on the...

 which is in the Borough of Bedford.

Located around two miles south east of Hinwick are RAF Podington

RAF Podington

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 and Santa Pod Raceway

Santa Pod Raceway

Santa Pod Raceway, in Northamptonshire, England, opened at Easter in 1966, is Europe's first permanent drag racing venue. It was built on a disused World War II American air base, RAF Podington, once used by the 92nd Bomber Group. It is now the home of European drag racing and has grown...

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At the cross roads, to the north side of the hamlet is Hinwick House

Hinwick House

Hinwick House, built in 1709-14 for Richard Orlebar, stands to the north of the hamlet of Hinwick, Bedfordshire, England. The house stands in its own park of about on the west side of the road from Podington and to the south of the Wollaston Road from which the house is approached along a drive...

, a manor house in its own grounds, built in 1709-14.

Less than one mile north north east along the main road is the village of Podington

Podington

Podington is a village and civil parish in northwest Bedfordshire in England, United Kingdom. The village is within the electoral ward of Harrold in the Borough of Bedford. Podington lies around northwest of Bedford and is about east of the county border with Northamptonshire...

. Other nearby villages include, Farndish

Farndish

Farndish is a very small and rural village in northwest Bedfordshire, located about 500 metres east of the county border with Northamptonshire which is also the postal county. The village is near the Northamptonshire villages of Irchester and Wollaston and the Bedfordshire village of Wymington...

 to the north and Wollaston

Wollaston, Northamptonshire

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 to the north west, both just within two miles and also Bozeat

Bozeat

Bozeat is a village and civil parish in the Wellingborough borough of Northamptonshire, England, about south of Wellingborough on the A509 road, near Wollaston...

 around two and a half miles south west. The centre of the larger town, Rushden

Rushden

Rushden is a town and civil parish in the county of Northamptonshire, England.The parish of Rushden covers an area of some and is part of the district of East Northamptonshire. The population of Rushden was estimated at around 28,368, making it the fifth largest town in the county...

, is around three and a half miles north north east.