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OS grid reference
  
SK715066

Country
  
England

Post town
  
LEICESTER

Local time
  
Wednesday 3:41 PM

District
  
Harborough

UK parliament constituency
  
Rutland and Melton

Region
  
East Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
LE7

Shire county
  
Leicestershire

Dialling code
  
0116

Cold Newton

Weather
  
13°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 61% Humidity

Cold Newton is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. It is situated about two miles from Tilton on the Hill and two miles north of Billesdon. Some 700 feet (210 m) above sea level, it overlooks the Wreake valley. Any population remaining is listed in the civil parish of Lowesby

Contents

Map of Cold Newton, UK

History

Newton, spelt Niwetone is recorded in the Domesday Book. The name later changed to Newton Burdett when Hugo de Burdet became Lord of the Manor and was also known as Newton Marmion when the Marmion family were seated there.

The estates of Loseby and Quenby meet at Cold Newton.

Present Day

Cold Newton is now deserted. Ridges and hollows in fields mark where the village stood (at grid reference SK715066) and the site is a scheduled monument.

For administrative purposes the village is linked with Lowesby parish. It has no church, public house or shop. A village green was created in 1977 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee on land gifted to the parish by the Quenby estate.

References

Cold Newton Wikipedia