North Newnton
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{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| static_image_name = Bridleway, North Newnton - geograph.org.uk - 1560467.jpg
| static_image_caption = Bridleway, North Newnton
| official_name = North Newnton
| label_position = left
| population = 430
| population_ref = (2011 census){{cite web |url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127067&c=SN9+6LJ&d=16&e=62&g=6475408&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1426364410030&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=14 March 2015}}
| civil_parish = North Newnton
| unitary_england = Wiltshire
| lieutenancy_england = Wiltshire
| region = South West England
| constituency_westminster = East Wiltshire
| post_town = Pewsey
| postcode_district = SN9
| postcode_area = SN
| dial_code = 01980
| os_grid_reference = SU131576
| coordinates = {{coord|51.310|-1.812|type:city(500)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|https://nnpc.org.uk/|Parish Council}}
}}
North Newnton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} southwest of Pewsey. The parish is in the Vale of Pewsey which carries the upper section of the Salisbury Avon.
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.{{OpenDomesday|SU1257|north-newnton|North Newnton}}
The parish was described as follows in The National Gazetteer (1868):
{{quote|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."[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/NorthNewnton/index.shtml NORTH NEWNTON, Wiltshire] at genuki.org.uk, accessed 20 August 2011}}
File:Post-medieval coin, Guinea of George III (FindID 581291).jpg coin of George III, dated 1788 and found in North Newnton{{cite web |url= https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/581291 |title= Finds record for: WILT-E6FA34 |author= Willis, A. |access-date= 28 August 2022 |publisher= The Portable Antiquities Scheme}}]]
Rainscombe was transferred to Wilcot parish in 1885,{{cite web|website=British History Online|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 10 pp126-136 – Parishes: North Newnton|editor-first=Elizabeth|editor-last=Crittall|author-first1=A.P.|author-last1=Baggs|author-first2=D.A.|author-last2=Crowley|author-first3=Ralph B.|author-last3=Pugh|author-first4=Janet H.|author-last4=Stevenson|author-first5=Margaret|author-last5=Tomlinson|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol10/pp126-136|publisher=University of London|year=1975|access-date=14 November 2020}} and Bottlesford was transferred from Manningford parish sometime after 1971.{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol10/pp204-214|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 10 pp204-214 – Parishes: Wilsford|author-last1=Baggs|author-first1=A.P.|year=1975|editor-last=Crittall|editor-first=Elizabeth|website=British History Online|publisher=University of London|access-date=19 August 2018|author-first2=D.A.|author-last2=Crowley|author-first3=Ralph B.|author-last3=Pugh|author-first4=Janet H.|author-last4=Stevenson|author-first5=Margaret|author-last5=Tomlinson}}
Amenities
The Anglican Church of St James dates from the 13th century and is Grade II* listed.{{NHLE|num=1365549|desc=Church of St James, North Newnton|access-date=19 March 2015}} 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.{{London Gazette
| issue = 20021
| date = 24 September 1841
| pages = 2369-2370
}}
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.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1185256|desc=The Woodbridge Inn|access-date=31 July 2020|fewer-links=yes}}
Hilcott has a village hall.{{cite web|title=Hilcot Church Room|url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=285257|publisher=The Charity Commission|access-date=19 March 2015}}
Governance
North Newnton is a civil parish with an elected parish council. Most significant local government services are provided by the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, with its headquarters in Trowbridge. In the House of Commons the parish is part of the East Wiltshire constituency.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |editor-last=Crittall |editor-first1= Elizabeth |last1=Baggs |first1= A. P. |last2= Crowley |first2= D. A. |last3= Pugh |first3= Ralph B. |last4= Stevenson |first4= Janet H. |last5= Tomlinson |first5= Margaret |title= Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 10: Swanborough hundred; the borough of Devizes |year= 1975 }}
- {{cite book |last=Pevsner |first= Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |editor-last= Cherry |editor-first= Bridget |title= The Buildings of England: Wiltshire |year=1975 |publisher= Penguin Books |location= Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071026-4 }}
External links
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- [https://nnpc.org.uk/ North Newnton Parish Council]
- {{cite web|title=North Newnton|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/171|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=19 March 2015}}
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