Long Newnton
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 Holy Trinity Church, Long Newnton |
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| Long Newnton shown within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 211 (2011 Census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Dialling code | 01666 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
Long Newnton is a small village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England (historically in Wiltshire), situated on the main road (B4014) between Malmesbury (2 km NW) and Tetbury (5 km S). It is near the SW end of the Cotswolds. In 2010 its population was estimated to be 199, increasing to 211 at the 2011 census, 109 males and 102 females.
The village has no shops: just a church (Holy Trinity Church) and between 30 and 60 houses. The nearest large towns are Cheltenham and Swindon. Long Newnton is about an hour from Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Oxford. Close to Long Newnton is the Estcourt estate which is now owned by an Arabian horse owner.
However Estcourt House and other features named for the Estcourt family are actually in the neighbouring parishes of Shipton Moyne and Tetbury Upton. The village was associated for hundreds of years with the Estcourt family, and the church living was in the gift of the family. The Estcourt fund finances extra-curricular activities for young people aged 13 and over living in Long Newnton.
Holy Trinity Church, an Anglican church in the Early English style, is a Grade II listed building.
The Monarch's Way passes through the parish.
In 1868 Long Newnton was Described as:
"a parish in the hundred of Malmesbury, county Wilts, 1½ mile E. of Tetbury, in Gloucestershire, and 4 miles N.W. of Malmesbury. It was called by the Saxons Newantune, and had right of common granted by King Athelstane. The parish is bounded on the W. by a branch of the river Avon. The village, which is small, and wholly agricultural, is situated on the road from Gloucester to Portsmouth. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £365, with a glebe of 23 acres. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, value £370. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a modern structure, except the tower, rebuilt at the expense of the landholders. The peal of bells has recently been increased to six. There is a village school, supported by subscription. The Right Hon. Thomas H. S. Sotheron Estcourt, M. P., is lord of the manor."
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