North Newnton, Wiltshire Family History Guide

North Newnton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire.

Other places in the parish include: Rainscombe, Hilcott, and Hilcote.

Alternative names: Newton

Parish church: St. James

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1755
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NEWNTON (North), a village and a parish in Pewsey district, Wilts.

The village stands on the river Avon, 4 miles SW of Pewsey r. station, and 8½ ESE of Devizes.

The parish includes the tythings of Hilcote and Rainscombe; and its post town is Pewsey, under Marlborough. Acres, 1,381. Real property, £2,787. Pop., 376. Houses, 91. The property is much sub-divided.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £76. Patron, the Prebendary of North Newnton. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower.

There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

NEWTON, NORTH (St. James), a parish, in the union of Pewsey, hundred of Swanborough, Everley and Pewsey, and N. divisions of Wilts, 3¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from Pewsey; containing, with the tythings of Hilcott and Rainscombe, 342 inhabitants.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7. 1. 3.; net income, £204; patron, the Prebendary of North Newton.

Two schools are supported.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Wiltshire, North Newnton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for North Newnton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Wiltshire, North Newnton – Church records ( 2 )
Baptisms from 14 parishes south and east of Devizes
Author: Wiltshire Family History Society

Bishop’s transcripts for North Newnton, 1605-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Newnton

England, Wiltshire, North Newnton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments in North Newnton, Wiltshire 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Wiltshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Pewsey
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Avebury
  • Poor Law Union: Pewsey
  • Hundred: Swanborough (Wiltshire)
  • Province: Canterbury