England Voluntary Aided Primary School, having merged with the school at East Knoyle (leading to closure of the East Knoyle site) in 1984 and later becoming a Voluntary Aided school. In 2004 Hindon won the Best Medium-sized Village in Wiltshire Award and in 2006 the Laurence Kitching Award for Best Kept Village in Wiltshire. Both awards are judged by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). Three long-distance footpaths pass through Hindon: the Wessex Ridgeway, Monarch's Way and Orange Way. Notable people Henrietta Scott, Countess of Dalkeith – born in Hindon c. 1677. 'Monk' Lewis, Gothic novelist, was an MP for Hindon from 1796 to 1801. Charles McLelland (19 November 1930 – 2 December 2004), Controller of BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 from 1976 to 1978, and the controller solely of BBC Radio 2 from 1978 to 1980. Tony Streather (1926–2018), Army officer and mountaineer, the first man to climb two peaks higher than 25,000 ft, retired to Hindon. References Sources Beresford, Maurice W, 'Six New Towns of the Bishop of Winchester', Medieval Archaeology 3, pages 200–202 (1959) Beresford, Maurice W, New Towns of the Middle Ages, Lutterworth Press (1967) Sheard, Norah, The History of Hindon, Printed by The Shaston Printers Ltd, Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK (1979) Dewhurst, Richard, The Church in Hindon, Hindon: Hindon Publishing (2000) Dewhurst, Richard, Crosstracks to Hindon, Salisbury: The Hobnob Press (2005) External links Village page at Nadder Valley Focus Hindon photographs on Geograph.org.uk English Heritage Images of England website: type 'Hindon' in the search box for photographs of listed buildings in Hindon Villages in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire