North Newnton

North Newnton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Pewsey. The parish is in the Vale of Pewsey which carries the upper section of the Salisbury Avon.

North Newnton
Bridleway, North Newnton
North Newnton is located in Wiltshire
North Newnton
North Newnton
Location within Wiltshire
Population430 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU131576
Civil parish
  • North Newnton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPewsey
Postcode districtSN9
Dialling code01980
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteParish Council

The parish includes the small village of Bottlesford and the hamlet of Hilcott.

History

Domesday Book recorded 33 households, and land held by Wilton Abbey, at Newetone in 1086.[2]

The parish was described as follows in The National Gazetteer (1868):

NORTH NEWNTON, a parish and township in the hundred of Swanborough, county of Wilts, 8 miles S.E. of Devizes, and 4 S.W. of Pewsey. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Avon. The parish contains the tythings of Hilcott and Rainscombe, with Overton Heath. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £176. The church, dedicated to St. James, is an ancient structure, with a square tower. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel."[3]

A gold guinea coin of George III, dated 1788 and found in North Newnton[4]

Rainscombe was transferred to Wilcot parish in 1885,[5] and Bottlesford was transferred from Manningford parish sometime after 1971.[6]

Amenities

The Anglican Church of St James dates from the 13th century and is Grade II* listed.[7] The church at West Knoyle, some twenty miles distant and also within a manor of Wilton Abbey, was a chapelry of North Newnton until the two parishes were separated in 1841.[8]

The medieval settlement of North Newnton, by the church, has a small number of houses and a farm. Housing was built to the southeast in the 20th century, around the crossroads on the A345 to Pewsey. A pub, the Woodbridge Inn (built in the early 19th century) stands at the crossroads.[9]

Hilcott has a village hall.[10]

Governance

All significant local government services are provided by the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, with its headquarters in Trowbridge, and the parish is represented there by Paul Oatway, who succeeded Brigadier Robert Hall in 2013. In the House of Commons the parish is part of the Devizes constituency.

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. North Newnton in the Domesday Book
  3. NORTH NEWNTON, Wiltshire at genuki.org.uk, accessed 20 August 2011
  4. Willis, A. "Finds record for: WILT-E6FA34". The Portable Antiquities Scheme. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  5. Baggs, A.P.; Crowley, D.A.; Pugh, Ralph B.; Stevenson, Janet H.; Tomlinson, Margaret (1975). Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 10 pp126-136 – Parishes: North Newnton". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. Baggs, A.P.; Crowley, D.A.; Pugh, Ralph B.; Stevenson, Janet H.; Tomlinson, Margaret (1975). Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). "Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 10 pp204-214 – Parishes: Wilsford". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. Historic England. "Church of St James, North Newnton (1365549)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  8. "No. 20021". The London Gazette. 24 September 1841. pp. 2369–2370.
  9. Historic England. "The Woodbridge Inn (1185256)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  10. "Hilcot Church Room". The Charity Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

Further reading
  • Baggs, A. P.; Crowley, D. A.; Pugh, Ralph B.; Stevenson, Janet H.; Tomlinson, Margaret (1975). Crittall, Elizabeth (ed.). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 10: Swanborough hundred; the borough of Devizes.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus (1975). Cherry, Bridget (ed.). The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071026-4.
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