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Newton Longville

Newton Longville
Newton Longville, St. Faith's Church - geograph.org.uk - 149212.jpg
St Faith's parish church
Newton Longville is located in Buckinghamshire
Newton Longville
Newton Longville
Newton Longville shown within Buckinghamshire
Population 1,846 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference SP8431
Civil parish
  • Newton Longville
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Milton Keynes
Postcode district MK17
Dialling code 01908
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website Newton Longville Community Association
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
51°58′30″N 0°46′16″W / 51.975°N 0.771°W / 51.975; -0.771Coordinates: 51°58′30″N 0°46′16″W / 51.975°N 0.771°W / 51.975; -0.771

Newton Longville is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) south-west of Bletchley.

The toponym "Newton" is derived from the Old English for "new farm". It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Nevtone. The affix "Longville" was added in the 13th century after the Cluniac priory of Longueville, Calvados, in Normandy, France, that held the manor of Newton at that time, and to distinguish this village from other places called Newton, particularly nearby Newton Blossomville. In 1441, when its previous holder died without an heir, the Crown bestowed the manor on the Warden and fellows of New College, Oxford.

Parts of the Church of England parish church of Saint Faith are late 12th century, but the exterior is largely Perpendicular Gothic.

Newton Longville has a number of cruck-framed thatched houses dating from the mid to late 15th century, with good examples at Moor End.

Newton Longville is twinned with Longueville-sur-Scie in Normandy, France.

The main industry in the village between 1847 and 1991 was brick making. The village had a large brick factory, originally belonging to the Read family, becoming the Bletchley Brick company in 1923, and then taken over by the London Brick Company (LBC) in 1929. The works made Fletton bricks and distributed them all over the country. It was closed in November 1991 after hanson trust brought the company The London Brick Company and is now a proposed becoming a new estate


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