Newborough, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Newborough, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Hanbury parish, Staffordshire. The village lies 4 miles SSW of Sudbury station on the North Staffordshire railway, and 7 SE by S of Uttoxeter. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Burton-on-Trent. The township comprises 2872 acres; population, 574. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1862. Population, 519. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. It also returns one district councillor. Hollybush Hall is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £270 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Hanbury. The church has an embattled tower and is good.

Administration

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

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Newborough

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Newborough from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Newborough)
• Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Past and Present, 1884

Maps

Online maps of Newborough are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)