Cold Newton
Description in 1871:
"NEWTON (Cold), a township in Lowesby parish, Leicestershire; 8¼ miles E by N of Leicester. Real property, £2, 443. Pop., 138. Houses, 26. The township is a meet for the Belvoir hounds."
John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72
- The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon Registration District.
- The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
- There is no Anglican parish church at Cold Newton.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1653 and is included in that of Lowesby parish church.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Billesdon sub-district of the Billesdon Registration District.
Cold Newton is a village and a parish overlooking the Wreake valley, 10 miles east of Leicester and between the parishes of Billesdon and Lowesby. The parish is about 3 miles north of Billesdon, stands at 700 feet above sea level and covers about 1,555 acres.
The ancient hamlet of Cold Newton has pretty much disappeared. If you are planning a visit:
- There is no church, public house or shop.
- Here is a scene photographed in the parish.
- By automobile, Cold Newton village is west off the B6047 arterial road between Hallstead and Lowesby.
- This area was prime grazing land for centuries.
- A village green was created in 1977 to mark Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee on land gifted to the parish by the Quenby estate.
- There is a manor house at Cold Newton, but the web page author could find no description.
- The national grid reference is SK 7106.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- Cold Newton was "cold" because of its exposed elevation.
- "Newton" was spelt as "Niwetone" in the 1086 Domesday Book.
- Although this place was an ancient township in Lowesby parish in Leicestershire, it also became a Civil Parish at some point. The most likely date for this event is Dec. 1866, when many townships and extra-parochial areas were incorporated for civil administration.
- This place was in the ancient East Goscote Hundred (or Wapentake).
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
104 |
| 1861 |
138 |
| 1871 |
139 |
| 1881 |
185 |
| 1891 |
93 |
| 1901 |
128 |
| 1911 |
107 |
| 1921 |
107 |
| 1931 |
104 |
| 1951 |
90 |
| 1961 |
62 |
- A Church of England School was opened here in June, 1876, principally paid for by Sir Frederick T. FOWKE, baronet
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[Created: 27-August-2009 - Louis R. Mills]
