Newhall is a village in the
South Derbyshire
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district of
Derbyshire
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,
England
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. The village of
Stanton and town of
Swadlincote
Swadlincote is a historic mining town in the district of South Derbyshire, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It lies within The National Forest (England), The National Forest area. It borders the counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire ...
are nearby.
Newhall village
It lies between
Swadlincote
Swadlincote is a historic mining town in the district of South Derbyshire, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It lies within The National Forest (England), The National Forest area. It borders the counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire ...
and
Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 censu ...
and connected to the
A444 to the south and the
A511 to the north. To the east is the town of
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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, very close to the
M42 linking
Nottingham
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(Northeast) and
Birmingham
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(Southwest).
Burton upon Trent
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is to the west with the
A38 heading south to
Lichfield
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and north for
Derby
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and the
M1.
Swadlincote
Swadlincote is a historic mining town in the district of South Derbyshire, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It lies within The National Forest (England), The National Forest area. It borders the counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire ...
is the closest town centre to the village.
There are regular buses linking
Burton upon Trent
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to
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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(the number 9
Diamond East Midlands
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History Midland Classic
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or Swadlincote to Burton upon Trent (the 4,8,9,19, Diamond East Midlands)
The nearest railway station is in
Burton upon Trent
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.
At one time there were over 60 public houses and off-licences in Newhall. One researcher has listed 37 of them.
In 1971, Newhall was the
centre of population for Great Britain. It was first calculated as being at
Rodsley in 1901 and has spread south to be at
Appleby Magna
Appleby Magna is a village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It includes the small hamlets of Appleby Parva and Little Wigston.
Location
The parish has a total collective po ...
by the year 2000.
There are two secondary schools,
William Allitt Academy, and
The Pingle Academy
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nearby in Swadlincote.
Stanton and Newhall Parish
Stanton is very small and is to the south west of Newhall near the A444. It is clearly separate from Newhall. The
Repton
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parish borders the north, a section of
Stapenhill
Stapenhill is a village and civil parish in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England.
History
Stapenhill was a small village owned by Nigel of Stafford as far back as 1086, however, this ancient parish area has long since been surrounded by n ...
parish is to the northwest,
Linton parish is east and south with
Church Gresley parish covering a small southern area. Swadlincote Parish is southwest and finally Midway parish links the northeast back up to Repton. Unlike Stanton, Newhall merges into Swadlincote and Midway. Roads define the parish boundaries.
The population is around 7,300 (2001) A similar number for Midway and about a thousand less for Swadlincote.
St John's Anglican Church is just off High Street. Stanton Methodist Church is on Park Road at the junction of the A444. St Peter's and St Paul’s Catholic Church is just inside the Swadlincote parish. High Street becomes Union Road and at the junction of Darklands Road it becomes Newhall Road. It is here also, that St Edward's Catholic Primary School and Catholic Club are found.
Local government
The Newhall and Stanton
ward
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is in the
non-metropolitan district
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of
South Derbyshire
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, and in the
county
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of
Derbyshire
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. In the
2001 census, the Newhall ward, as defined in 1998, had a population of 6,214. In 2005, the ward was renamed Newhall and Stanton, and enlarged slightly, to include more of the Newhall area; at the time of the 2001 census the area covered by the new ward had a population of 6,963.
Sport
A
greyhound racing
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track was opened on Oversetts Road on 10 May 1930. The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the
National Greyhound Racing Club The National Greyhound Racing Club was an organisation that governed Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom
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) known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks. The track also hosted whippets and the main distances for greyhounds was 300 and 500 yards.
Notable residents
*
Edwin Bennett, an English American pottery pioneer, was born in Newhall in 1818.
*
Ben Warren
Benjamin Warren (7 May 1879 – 15 January 1917) was an England national football team, England international association football, footballer who played as a half-back for Derby County F.C., Derby County and Chelsea F.C., Chelsea.
Born in New ...
, an England international footballer, was born here in 1879.
*
Jean (Emmeline) Hanson, Professor of Biology at the
University of London
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, was born in Newhall in 1919.
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* Jack Atkin, professional footballer, was born here in 1883.
References
External links
Stanton and Newhall at Genuki
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Villages in Derbyshire
Swadlincote