Newbold or Newbold on Stour, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Newbold or Newbold-on-Stour, a hamlet and an ecclesiastical parish in Tredington parish, Worcestershire. The hamlet lies on the river Stour, at the boundary with Warwickshire, near the Fosse Way, 3 miles N of Shipston-on-Stour. The ecclesiastical parish contains also the hamlets of Armscott and Talton, and its post town is Shipston-on-Stour. It was constituted in 1844; population, 425. For parish council purposes Newbold, Armscott, and Talton form a ward of Tredington parish, which returns five members to the council. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £250 with residence. Patron, Jesus College, Oxford. The church was restored in 1885.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Newbold or Newbold on Stour from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Newbold)

Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:

• Worcester Journal
• Worcestershire Chronicle
• Worcester Herald

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.