The settlement of Hinton Parva is not recorded separately in the Domesday Book from Hinton Martell (which is recorded as having one church), much the same in the 1291 Taxatio. In 1831 it was said to be "a chapel to Wimborne-Minster, to which the inhabitants still pay 10s. per annum". Since Hinton Martell's rector was presented by the dean of Wimborne, it is likely Hinton Parva was set up as an early chapel of ease to Hinton Martell.