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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Allington – Amesbury – Boscombe – Cholderton – Grately (HAM) – Over Wallop (HAM) – Quarley (HAM)
Websites of Interest
The Parish Church of St. Andrew
There was a churchyard of some kind in Newton Tony in 1179 but it is not clear if there was a church at that time, although there was a church building in Newton Tony by the end of the 12th century. The current church at Newton Tony is dedicated to St. Andrew; it was built in 1844 in a 14th century style and replaced the earlier church which was demolished in 1843. The new church cost £1,100 to build and was designed by architects Wyatt and Brandon; it is now a Grade II listed building. St Andrew’s retains a Norman font and pews from the original church. There were family pews for the Malet and Poore families. There are stained glass windows in the chancel. The church was repaired in 1904 to honour the memory of Sir Harry Eden Mallet. More repairs were made in the 1970s. The required amount of £4, 250 to repair the church fully was mainly raised by fundraising. Electric lighting was first installed in the church in 1953. There are four bells in the tower and the tenor bell came from the Salisbury Foundry in the 17th century. There are many heraldic tablets in the church, celebrating the local Malet family. There is a wall monument dedicated to Dame Marian Dora Malet and a tablet for George Malet, who after his death in Persia in 1856, was remembered when his sword and scabbard were hung in the church. One memorial is to Celia Fiennes, who was born in Newton Tony (1662- 1741). Celia travelled across England visiting every County on horseback and writing her journals. The communion plates are from the 17th century. On Census Sunday (religious) in 1851, the afternoon service was attended by 114 people.
St. Andrew’s Gallery St. Andrew’s Churchyard Gallery
Rectors of Newton Tony 1299-1987 Protestation Return 1641-1642 New Bells and Their First Peal 1851 Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Parish Register Transcripts
Extracts from the Parish Register
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1586-1909 Marriages 1591-1988 Burials 1568-1991
Parish History
Civil Registration
July 1837 – April 1936 Amesbury Registration District
April 1936 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Burial Ground
Public Houses
Malet Arms off the A338
The pub is named after the local Malet Family many of whom are buried in the local churchyard. One of the windows in the larger bar is reputed to have come from an old galleon ship.
Winterbourne Downs
A RSPB nature reserve and a working Wiltshire farm set in the rolling chalk country.
Crime and Legal Matters
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Sheep Stealing Reward Notice 1825 Swing Riot Trials 1831
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Community Services
Police
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
1850-1899 William White, Centenarian 1898 Death of a Centenarian 1899
Subscribers Lists
A Wiltshire Village in the 1870s Published 1934
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Amesbury Union Guardians Appointed 1835
Overseers
Probate
Creditors Notice of the Late John Clark 1812
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Robert de Thony 1309 Guy de Bello Campo 1315
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorial & Military Gallery
Boer War
Reservists Leave for the Front 1899
WWI
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918
