Newton Saint Loe

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Newton Saint Loe
Newton Saint Loe shown within Somerset
Population	approx. 500
OS grid reference	ST703648
Unitary authority	Bath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bath
Postcode district	BA
Dialling code	01225
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	Great Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Wansdyke to be North East Somerset from next general election.
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 51°22′53″N 2°25′34″W / 51.3814, -2.426

Newton Saint Loe (grid reference ST703648), is a small Somerset village located between Bath & Bristol in the South West of England. The majority of the village is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall.

Holy Trinity Church

Newton Saint Loe takes its name from the first "owner" of the mansion estate "St Loe" of which was given to him as a gift by William the Conqueror. St Loe was born and bred in France.

There is a history of coal mining in the area as part of the Somerset coalfield but all mines have now closed. There was formally a forge at the top of Smith Hill that leads up into the village. The village school closed in the late 1950's. The Queen actually visited the school on April 17th 1956 when she came to the village following her official opening of the Chew Valley Reservoir. Local schoolboy David Yeo was presented to her on that occasion.

1 Roman Villa
2 Newton Park
3 Church
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Roman Villa

There is evidence of a 3rd century Roman Villa on a site between Newton Saint Loe and Bath on the south side of the River Avon. It was discovered in 1837 during the cutting of the Bristol-Bath railway line when excavations were carried out and drawings of the site made before much of it was lostin the railway construction. Two mosaics were removed, one of which known as the Orpheus Mosaic is now in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. A further investigation was carried out in 1968 before the widening of the A4 however it is still the case that little is known about the villa.^[1]

[edit] Newton Park

The Newton Park mansion, which was built in 1762-5 by Stiff Leadbetter for Joseph Langton, is a Grade I listed building^[2] and it's estate which is currently home to Bath Spa University. Rumour has it that the mansion was used to house Australian and New Zealand troops in World War II^{[weasel words]}. The grounds include a castle keep (which was actually a part of a fortified mansion,^[3] and a 15th century gatehouse,^[4] which are both grade I listed.

[edit] Church

The local Church of the Holy Trinity dates back from the 11th century. An interesting feature is its clock, which only has a single hand. It is noted in the Domesday book (where the village was recorded as "Newtonne"), and is a grade II* listed building.^[5]