Its nearest town is Stockbridge, which lies approximately 4.5 miles (7.3 km) south-west from the hamlet.

Close to Newton Stacey is a grass-grown track, said to be a disused part of the Roman road from Winchester to Cirencester, which runs northwards past Bransbury Common.

The hundred court was held in Barton Stacey until the late 19th century when other governmental divisions assumed local jurisdiction.

In 1614 the Puritan, Revd Stephen Bachiler, moved from nearby Wherwell to Newton Stacey where he lived until shortly before setting sail for America.

A number of Newton Stacey residents, influenced by Bachiler's zealous preaching, settled in the new world.