NEWTON-SOLNEY, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"NEWTON-SOLNEY, a parish in the hundred of Repton, county Derby, 2 miles N.E. of Burton-on-Trent, its post town and railway station, and 9 S.W. of Derby. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the E. bank of the river Trent, near its confluence with the river Dove, which here divides this county from Staffordshire.

The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. There are some brick-kilns. The living is a donative curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £20. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with a spiral tower. Newton Park is the principal residence. Sir Henry Every, Bart., is lord of the manor. On a commanding eminence is a large castellated building called "Hoskin's Folly"."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]