North Newnton

North Newnton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Pewsey.

Domesday Book recorded 33 households, and land held by Wilton Abbey, at Newetone in 1086.

[7] The church at West Knoyle, some twenty miles distant and also within a manor of Wilton Abbey, was a chapelry of North Newnton until the two parishes were separated in 1841.

[8] The medieval settlement of North Newnton, by the church, has a small number of houses and a farm.

Most significant local government services are provided by the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, with its headquarters in Trowbridge.

A gold guinea coin of George III , dated 1788 and found in North Newnton [ 4 ]