Cold Newton
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Cold Newton | |
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Cold Newton Location within Leicestershire | |
OS grid reference | SK715066 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LEICESTER |
Postcode district | LE7 |
Dialling code | 0116 |
Police | Leicestershire |
Fire | Leicestershire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Cold Newton is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. It is situated about two miles from Tilton on the Hill and two miles north of Billesdon. Some 700 feet (210 m) above sea level, it overlooks the Wreake valley. Any population remaining is listed in the civil parish of Lowesby
History[]
The hamlet's name means 'farm/settlement which is new'. 'Cold' was added because of the hamlet's exposed position.[1]
Newton, spelt Niwetone is recorded in the Domesday Book. The name later changed to Newton Burdett when Hugo de Burdet became Lord of the Manor and was also known as Newton Marmion when the were seated there.[2]
The estates of Loseby and meet at Cold Newton.[3]
Present Day[]
Cold Newton is now deserted. Ridges and hollows in fields mark where the village stood (at grid reference SK715066) and the site is a scheduled monument.
For administrative purposes the village is linked with Lowesby parish. It has no church, public house or shop. A village green was created in 1977 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee on land gifted to the parish by the Quenby estate.
References[]
- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Nichols, John (1795). The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. Leicester: John Nichols. p. 349.
- ^ The Leicestershire and Rutland Village Book: Leicestershire and Rutland Federation of Women's Institutes 1989[page needed]
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- Hamlets in Leicestershire
- Civil parishes in Harborough District
- Deserted medieval villages in Leicestershire