Hinton is a village about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Daventry in Northamptonshire.

A 14th- or 15th-century Medieval ampulla inscribed "Our Lady of Walsingham" has been found west of the village, off the footpath to Byfield.

Much of the ridge and furrow pattern of the common fields is still visible, and is best preserved northwest of the village.

The line and Woodford and Hinton railway station opened on 15 March 1899.

As well as a station there was a four-way railway junction, a major locomotive depot and extensive marshalling yards.