Newton Solney

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title: "Newton Solney" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-derbyshire", "south-derbyshire-district"] description: "Village in Derbyshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-derbyshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Solney" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Derbyshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Newton Solney
country	England
region	East Midlands
population	659
population_ref	(2011)
os_grid_reference	SK282256
coordinates
post_town	BURTON-ON-TRENT
postcode_area	DE
postcode_district	DE15
dial_code	01283
constituency_westminster	South Derbyshire
shire_district	South Derbyshire
shire_county	Derbyshire
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|official_name= Newton Solney |country = England |region= East Midlands |population= 659 |population_ref = (2011) |os_grid_reference= SK282256 |coordinates = |post_town= BURTON-ON-TRENT |postcode_area= DE |postcode_district = DE15 |dial_code= 01283 |constituency_westminster= South Derbyshire |shire_district= South Derbyshire |shire_county=Derbyshire | Newton Solney is a small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England, located about two miles (3 km) from the East Staffordshire border, near to Burton upon Trent. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 659. Its nearest neighbour is Repton, situated about two miles (3 km) to the northeast.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/NewtinSolneyUnicorn.JPG" caption="The Unicorn"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Newton_Solney_St_Mary's_Church.jpg" caption="[[St Mary the Virgin's Church, Newton Solney"] ::

When the Anglian invaders came up the Trent in the sixth century, they would have found Newton Solney a very attractive place, sitting at the confluence of two rivers, the Trent, which could be forded here and the Dove. They called it Niwantune meaning the new farm and from this tiny nucleus, the village slowly grew. When the Vikings, in their turn, raided Mercia and destroyed the Saxon monastery at Repton (873–4) they may also have sacked and occupied Newton Solney.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/NewtonParkHotel.JPG" caption="0-14-143994-7}} p.742"] ::

The village was passed over to Norman de Solney some time after 1086. In 1205 Alured de Solennaia, a Norman knight, inherited Newton. By about 1300 it became known as Newton Solney.

Norman knights were passionately fond of hunting and the de Solneys carved a hunting park out of the extensive woodland. The first church was built in the twelfth century. There would also have been a manor house, probably somewhere near the present Newton Park Hotel. The lord of the manor would have had a mill and fishing rights on the river and a tithe barn is recorded in 1528. With the death of John, the last male de Solney in 1390, the manor passed through several important local families and was finally bought by a local attorney, Abraham Hoskins who built the house, now the hotel.

Modern development

The village slowly grew to a population of 181 in 1801 and now has about 800, the increase mainly resulting from a new housing development off Blacksmith's Lane. In 1894, part of the parish of Winshill was added to Newton Solney. Local landowners the Every family rebuilt the former Rock Tower on Church Lane as Rock House, a Victorian villa overlooking the river Trent. The Main Road was declared a conservation area in 1978.

The village has a school, two pubs and a hotel. The Village Hall was built in 1932 to the designs of the architect Arthur Eaton and Son.

References

References

1. "Civil parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
2. The King had a number of manors in [[Derbyshire]]. Besides Bretby and Newton Solney he had a list that included [[Repton]], [[Milton, Derbyshire. Milton]], [[Wirksworth]], [[Weston-on-Trent]], [[Walton-on-Trent]] and [[Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Ashbourne]].
3. TRE in [[Latin]] is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of [[Edward the Confessor]] before the [[Battle of Hastings]].
4. ''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. {{ISBN. 0-14-143994-7 p.742
5. Morris, Mel. (2010). "Newton Solney Conservation Area Character Statement".

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