Long Newnton, Wiltshire Family History Guide

| | |
Updated on
Links marked with a * mean that we may earn a small commission if you make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. It all helps to keep the site online and free for everyone.

Long Newnton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Wiltshire. In 1931 Long Newnton was transferred to Gloucestershire.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1648
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Long Newnton Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Long Newnton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1648-1812

Long Newnton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1907

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Long Newnton, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1758-1938

Marriages at Long Newnton 1653-1812 Wiltshire Parish Registers Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and John Sadler. Vol. III. London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 124, Chancery Lane. 1906. – This volume of Phillimore’s Wiltshire Marriages is available free online from UK Genealogy Archive.

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Long Newnton, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1988

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NEWNTON (Long), a village and a parish in the district of Tetbury and county of Wilts. The village stands near Akeman-street, and near the boundary with Gloucestershire, 1½ mile E of Tetbury, and 6½ SW by W of Tetbury-road r. station; was known to the Saxons as Newantune; and has a post-office under Tetbury.

The parish comprises 2,289 acres. Real property, with Ashley, £4,581. Rated property of L.N. alone, £2,663. Pop., 277. Houses, 63. The property belongs to the Right Hon. T. H. S. S. Estcourt. A right of common was given by King Athelstan. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £370. Patron, the Right Hon. T. H. S. S. Estcourt. The church is modern, but retains the tower of a previous edifice. There are a village school, and charities £16.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Wiltshire
  • Civil Registration District: Tetbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire
  • Diocese: Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Malmesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Tetbury
  • Hundred: Malmesbury
  • Province: Canterbury