Newborough is a village and

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in the county of

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. It is located south west of Hanbury and west of

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. Newborough has a

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, a school and a church. At the

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, the population stood at 476, comprising 240 males and 236 females. Newborough is part of the Yoxall ward of

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The Village

The local church is dedicated to All Saints. The current building was consecrated in 1901, after being built by the architect

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. Originally built on the site of a pub, it was built using stone from Hollington,

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and

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. The Church is a Grade 2 Listed Building, after being listed on 12 January 1966, and given its

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Building ID of 273885. The village originally had three

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in the village: The White Hart, The Buffalo and The Red Lion, although it had many more alehouses. The Red Lion continues its trade to this day, but the present day All Saints church stands on the site of the White Hart. The Buffalo is now a residential home of the same name, and houses now stand on the old car park. Each year, the village holds a

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event on the May Bank Holiday. The tradition in the village only dates back to 1978, but the ancient tradition is thought to have originated in

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times. The wells in the village are decorated, and as described on the village's website, each year the residents use "wooden boards

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are filled with soft, wet clay on which a design is picked out and then coloured using petals and other natural materials such as leaves, cones and bark".

History

Agardsely was the original name for Newborough. The name Agardsely is derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name ''Eadgar'' + ''leah'' or ''leage'' meaning 'Eadgar's pasture'; the name is recorded as ''Eadgares leye'' in 1004, as ''Edgareslege'' in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as ''Adgaresle'', ''Addegaresleye'' in the 13th century. The village was renamed Newborough in 1263, after the 6th Earl of Derby, Robert de Ferrers, created a new borough. The name Newborough is recorded as ''Neuboreg'' in the 13th century and as ''Newburgh'' and ''Novo Burgo'' in the 14th century. The civil parish of Newborough was established in 1866, after previously being part of the Hanbury parish district. According to William White, who wrote about Hanbury as part of the History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire in 1851, the parish extended to "upwards of five miles square, and including the north end of Needwood Forest, and ten villages and hamlets, divided into five townships, viz, Hanbury, Newborough, Marchington, Marchington-Woodlands, and Draycott-in-the-Clay", while it also included "2483 inhabitants, and about 13,600 acres of land".

Population

The UK national census revealed that in 1881, the total population for the parish was 651, and since then, the population has steadily declined. Only in the period between the 1931 and 1951 censuses did the population increase (from 493 to 512), however there was then a large drop in population for the 1961 census, where it decreased to 459.

Occupation

The 1881 Census gives an insight into what sort of occupations the villagers had at the time of the census. Most are employed in the agricultural sector, with 111 men in this occupational area. For women, the picture is less clear with the majority being listed as either 'Persons without Specified Occupations' or 'Unknown Occupation'.

Housing

Over time, the total number of houses in Newborough has fluctuated. Between 1881 and 1921, the total number of houses has slowly decreased (from 150 to 113), and then it has slowly risen again. The most recent data from the 2001 UK Census showed that there were 173 households. Of these 173 houses, 50 of them were categorised as "couple households with dependent children" and 43 of them were labelled "couple households with no children".

Notable people

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(1814 in Thorney Lanes - 1882) an English jockey, known for his honesty and integrity and remembered for his association with the horse '' The Flying Dutchman'', on which he won the Derby and St. Leger. * Frederic Beaven (1855–1941) vicar of All Saints', Newborough, 1881–85 and later Bishop of Mashonaland 1911-1925

References

External links

Newborough Parish CouncilESBC profileLocal school
* {{authority control Villages in Staffordshire Borough of East Staffordshire