Maiden Newton

Coordinates: 50°46′39″N 2°34′22″W / 50.7775°N 2.5728°W / 50.7775; -2.5728
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Maiden Newton
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDorchester
Postcode districtDT2
Dialling code01300
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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England
Dorset
50°46′39″N 2°34′22″W / 50.7775°N 2.5728°W / 50.7775; -2.5728

Maiden Newton is a village and

Dorset Council administrative area, about 9 miles (14 km) north-west of the county town, Dorchester
.

Geography

The village is sited on

2011 census the parish—which does not include the adjacent settlements of Frome Vauchurch and Tollerford— had a population of 1,119.[1]

History

In 1086 in the

ploughlands, 18 acres (7.3 ha) of meadow and 2 mills. It was in Tollerford Hundred and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Waleran the Hunter.[4]

Centre of the village of Maiden Newton with the village cross in foreground
Centre of the village of Maiden Newton with the village cross in foreground

Maiden Newton was the basis for the village of Chalk-Newton,

fire engines, restored and in full working order,[8] the fire engine house built for it in 1842-3 is a grade II listed building.[9]

Maiden Newton is in an

electoral ward with the same name, which also contains much of the surrounding countryside including the villages of West Compton, Toller Fratrum, Toller Porcorum and Hooke. The population of this ward was 2,081 at the 2011 census.[10]

Transport

The village is served by Maiden Newton railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line. There was also a railway line from Maiden Newton to Bridport which opened in 1857 and was extended to West Bay in 1884. The Bridport branch line was recommended for closure in the Beeching Report of 1963. By the time the line closed in 1975 it was the last remaining branch line in Dorset. Work is underway to turn the line into a footpath and cycle track.[11]

The A356 passes through the village[12] as does National Cycle Network Route 26.[13][14]

Three long distance footpaths the Macmillan Way[15] and the Wessex Ridgeway[16] pass through the Village as does the shorter Frome Valley Trail.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Area: Maiden Newton (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. ISBN 0-7090-0844-9
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  3. ^ "Dorset H-R". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Place: [Maiden] Newton". Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b West Dorset District Council, Holiday and Tourist Guide, c.1983, p13
  6. ^ Historic England (26 January 1956). "Village Cross (Grade <II*>) (1216391)". National Heritage List for England.
  7. ^ "Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church, Maiden Newton - 1015044 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Maiden Newton - Visit Dorset". www.visit-dorset.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. ^ "FIRE ENGINE HOUSE, Maiden Newton - 1088098 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Maiden Newton". ukcensusdata.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Bridport, Dorset, UK. Jurassic Coast Golden Gateway". www.westbay.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  12. OCLC 1237397200
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  13. ^ "Route 26". Sustrans. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  14. ^ "National Cycle Network Route 26 - Visit Dorset". www.visit-dorset.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Long Distance Walkers Association". www.ldwa.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Long Distance Walkers Association". www.ldwa.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Long Distance Walkers Association". www.ldwa.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

Further reading

  • From the Ash Tree, Materials for a History of Maiden Newton and Frome Vauchurch, 1997, Edited by H E Wells-Furby, CSC Design & Reprographic
  • Maiden Newton & Frome Vauchurch, A Short Walk and Guide, 2009, Judith Smith

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