Place:Newton Toney, Wiltshire, England

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Newton Toney (Newton Tony since 1974) is a rural village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, close to the border with Hampshire. Situated in the Bourne Valley, Newton Toney is approximately 9 miles (14 km) northeast of its post town of Salisbury, about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Southampton and about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Bath.

Nearby towns and villages include Cholderton, Allington, Amesbury and Grateley. It had a population of 381 in the UK census of 2011.

The Port Way Roman road crossed the parish to the southeast. Newton Tony was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Newentone and the settlement was assessed as having an area of seven carucates (ploughlands) of land. It was held by Alfred of Marlborough. A church had been built by the 12th century.

The parish is the site of Wilbury House, a large 17th-century house designed by William Benson. The house has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage. The village was the birthplace of the pioneering travel writer Celia Fiennes (1662–1741).

The parish church of St Andrew was built in 1844 to a design by Thomas Henry Wyatt and David Brandon. It is a flint church, with a steeple, and is another Grade II listed building. A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1877 and closed in 1981.

Research Tips

• From this Ancestry page you can browse the Wiltshire parishes which have parish register transcripts online, quite often from very early dates. However, reading the early ones requires skill and patience. Transcriptions should also be in FamilySearch.
• A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Wiltshire.