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Cold Newton is a small hamlet and civil parish in the
The second part of the hamlet's name means 'farm/settlement which is new'. 'Cold' was later added due to the cold winds from the hamlet's exposed position.
Newton, spelt ''Niwetone'' is recorded in the Domesday Book. Here it is listed as largely 'deserted' but still containing 11 households. The name later changed to Newton Burdett when Hugo de Burdet became Lord of the Manor and was also known as Newton Marmion when the Marmion family were seated there.
Towards the end of the 16th century, farmland surrounding the village began to be enclosed for pasture. This process had been completed by 1641. This enclosure likely resulted in the construction of farmhouses away from the village and the abandonment of the village itself.
Ordnance Survey Map of Cold NewtonPhotographs of Cold NewtonHistoric England ListingImage Showing Desserted Medieval Village
Hamlets in Leicestershire Civil parishes in Harborough District
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History
The second part of the hamlet's name means 'farm/settlement which is new'. 'Cold' was later added due to the cold winds from the hamlet's exposed position.
Newton, spelt ''Niwetone'' is recorded in the Domesday Book. Here it is listed as largely 'deserted' but still containing 11 households. The name later changed to Newton Burdett when Hugo de Burdet became Lord of the Manor and was also known as Newton Marmion when the Marmion family were seated there.
Towards the end of the 16th century, farmland surrounding the village began to be enclosed for pasture. This process had been completed by 1641. This enclosure likely resulted in the construction of farmhouses away from the village and the abandonment of the village itself.
Present Day
Medieval Cold Newton is now deserted. Ridges and hollows in fields mark where the village stood (at ) and the site is a scheduled monument. For administrative purposes the village is linked with Lowesby parish. It has no church, public house or shop. A village green was created in 1977 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee on land gifted to the parish by the Quenby estate, which neighbours the hamlet.References
External links
{{commons category, position=leftOrdnance Survey Map of Cold Newton
Hamlets in Leicestershire Civil parishes in Harborough District