Manorbier Newton
Manorbier Newton
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 Viewed south over the level crossing (2006) |
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 Manorbier Newton
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| Manorbier Newton shown within Pembrokeshire | |
| Population | 50 (estimate for 2001) |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TENBY |
| Postcode district | SA70 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | |
| Welsh Assembly | |
Manorbier Newton is a small village in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park within the parish of Manorbier. The Pembroke River rises at nearby Hogeston Hill to flow past Lamphey and Pembroke Castle.
Manorbier Newton has a coaxial field system with the fields mainly running in north-south strips and separated by hedges, mounds and walls in varying states of repair. There is some disagreement about the age of the field system. Some other field systems of this type in Pembrokeshire are pre-Norman but the Manorbier Newton system is likely to date from the Bronze Age with some changes occurring in the Middle Ages with the founding of the Manorbier Newton and Jameston settlements. The division into strips may have been to divide up equally areas with different bedrocks (limestone, sandstone, millstone grit).
There are several mounds in fields near to The Ridgeway road which contain tumuli. One close to Glom Farm was excavated in 1851 then a 3-4 ton rock was broken through with explosives. There was a skeleton beneath. The Rev. G.N. Smith “felt convinced that a buried cromlech had been wantonly destroyed”. The mound has not been subsequently excavated.
A Roman trumpet brooch in bronze / silver, probably used on a cloak, was found close to Manorbier Newton. A small number of other Roman remains have been found in Manorbier.
The first recorded mention of Manorbier Newton (at that point written Neweton or Newtown) is from 1331 when it was the third largest vill of Manorbier manor. It was founded as a linear settlement when more land was needed than was available around Manorbier itself. Surviving records give an earlier date for the founding of Jameston but as the land around Manorbier Newton is of higher quality, Jameston may not have been the obvious first choice for development.
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