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{{Short description|Hamlet and civil parish in England}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2009}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name= Cold Newton
|static_image=Cold Newton, Leicestershire.jpg
|static_image_width=240px
|map_type= Leicestershire
|coordinates = {{coord|52.65277|-0.93969|display=inline,title}}
|os_grid_reference=SK715063
|population =
|shire_district= [[Harborough District|Harborough]]
|shire_county = [[Leicestershire]]
|region= East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[Rutland and Melton (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutland & Melton]]
|post_town= LEICESTER
|postcode_area= LE
|postcode_district= LE7
|dial_code= 0116
}}
'''Cold Newton''' is a small [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[Harborough District|Harborough]] district of [[Leicestershire]], England. It is situated about two miles from [[Tilton on the Hill]] and two miles north of [[Billesdon]]. Some {{convert|700|ft|m}} above sea level, it overlooks the [[River Wreake|Wreake valley]]. Any population remaining is listed in the civil parish of [[Lowesby]].

==History==
[[File:Cold Newton DMV remains.jpg|thumb|left|Cold Newton DMV remains|196x196px]]
The second part of the hamlet's name means 'farm/settlement which is new'. 'Cold' was later added due to the cold winds from the hamlet's exposed position.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Cold+Newton|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=18 August 2021|archive-date=18 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818193137/https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js|url-status=live}}</ref>

Newton, spelt ''Niwetone'' is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086. Here it is listed as largely 'deserted' but still containing 11 households.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Cold Newton shrunken medieval village and moated site, Cold Newton - 1009197 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1009197 |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> The name later changed to Newton Burdett when Hugo de Burdet became [[Lord of the Manor]] and was also known as Newton Marmion when the Marmion family were seated there.<ref name="Nicholls">{{cite book |title= The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester | publisher= John Nichols | location=Leicester | first= John | last= Nichols | year=1795 |page=349}}</ref>

Towards the end of the 16th century, farmland surrounding the village began to be enclosed for pasture. This process had been completed by 1641. This enclosure likely resulted in the construction of farmhouses away from the village and the abandonment of the village itself.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hoskins |first=W. G. |title=Seven Deserted Village Sites in Leicestershire |date=1963 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00466-9_6 |work=Provincial England: Essays in Social and Economic History |pages=115–130 |editor-last=Hoskins |editor-first=W. G. |place=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-00466-9_6 |isbn=978-1-349-00466-9 |access-date=2022-10-05|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Present day==
Medieval Cold Newton is now deserted. Ridges and hollows in fields mark where the village stood (at {{gbmapping|SK715066}}) and the site is a [[scheduled monument]].<ref name=":0" /> For administrative purposes the village is linked with [[Lowesby]] parish. It has no church, public house or shop. A village green was created in 1977 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee on land gifted to the parish by the [[Quenby Hall|Quenby estate]], which neighbours the hamlet.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.multimap.com/maps/#map=52.65004,-0.93074|14|4&dp=os&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:52.65133:-0.94147:14|cold%20newton|Cold%20Newton,%20Leicester,%20Leicestershire,%20England,%20LE7%209 Ordnance Survey Map of Cold Newton]
*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/browse.php?p=275623 Photographs of Cold Newton]
*[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1009197?section=official-list-entry Historic England Listing]
*[https://www.webbaviation.co.uk/aerial/picture.php?/7506 Image Showing Desserted Medieval Village]

[[Category:Hamlets in Leicestershire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Harborough District]]

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