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Newton Bromswold

Coordinates: 52°16′43″N 0°32′35″W / 52.2787°N 0.5430°W / 52.2787; -0.5430
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Newton Bromswold
St Peter's Church
Newton Bromswold is located in Northamptonshire
Newton Bromswold
Newton Bromswold
Location within Northamptonshire
Population62 (2001)
OS grid referenceSP9965
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRushden
Postcode districtNN10
Dialling code01933
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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Northamptonshire
52°16′43″N 0°32′35″W / 52.2787°N 0.5430°W / 52.2787; -0.5430

Newton Bromswold is a village and civil parish about 1.9 miles (3.1 km) east of Rushden in North Northamptonshire, England, adjacent to the border with Bedfordshire. At the 2001 census the parish's population was 62 people in 27 households.[1] The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and is included in the town of Rushden. It is near the villages of Wymington, Chelveston, Knotting, Knotting Green, Yelden and Melchbourne. There is a pub and a small church. The village takes its name from the forest which once stood where the village is today, called Bruneswald Forest.

The villages name means 'New farm/settlement'. Bromswold, 'Brun's forest', was an area of woodland on the Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire border.[2]

The Swan public house

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The village pub features in one of local author H.E. Bates's novels, and was frequented by US bomber pilots from nearby RAF Chelveston in the war. it has its own car park, a garden and a games room.

St. Peter's Church

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The village's church, named for Saint Peter, is known for its exquisite medieval stained glass. The church has three bells, one of which is unmarked and it is thought to be over 500 years old.

References

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  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics: East Northamptonshire. Retrieved 14 November 2009
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
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