Newton Blossomville

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Newton Blossomville
Newton Blossomville is located in Buckinghamshire
Newton Blossomville
Newton Blossomville
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population329 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP925515
Civil parish
  • Newton Blossomville
Unitary authority
  • Milton Keynes
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBEDFORD
Postcode districtMK43
Dialling code01234
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
52°09′14″N 0°38′56″W / 52.154°N 0.649°W / 52.154; -0.649Coordinates: 52°09′14″N 0°38′56″W / 52.154°N 0.649°W / 52.154; -0.649

Newton Blossomville is a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a civil parish, sharing a joint parish council with Clifton Reynes.[2] At the 2011 census, the population of the parish was 329,[1] an increase of 17.5% on the 280 figure for 2001[3]

It is located in the north of the Borough, about two and a half miles east of Olney & quarter of a mile from the Bucks/Beds border, just outside the village.

The village name 'Newton' is an Old English language word meaning 'new village' or 'new homestead'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the holdings of Clifton Reynes (Clystone) as not much was left of the original settlement. Called 'Niwetone' when first named independently in 1175, it gained the affix 'Blossevill', referring to the family name of the lords of the manor in the 13th century.[citation needed]

Services[]

The Bridge over the River Great Ouse, north-east of the village

Today, the main services remaining in the village are the Newton Blossomville Church of England 1st School and the Old Mill public house (previously The Old Mill Burned Down). The village post office has been closed for many years, as is common for other villages of this size. The nearest railway station, in Turvey, was closed when the Bedford to Northampton Line was closed in the 1960s; although some of the line remains, it is unused and overgrown, although a section is used as a private access from the village to a farm in Spring Lane, Clifton Reynes.

Notable former inhabitants[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Newton Blossomville (E04001266)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. ^ Parishes in Milton Keynes Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine - Milton Keynes Council.
  3. ^ Population of the village (Page 22) Archived 11 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine Milton Keynes Council

External links[]

  • 'Newton Blossomville', Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 422–425.

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