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:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Rushall
- Wilcot
- Manningford Bohune
- Overton Heath
- Beechingstoke
- Pewsey
- Wilsford
- Charlton
- North Savernake
- Milton Lilbourne
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
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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