Newtown Common

Newtown Common
Newtown Common
	Heather field near Newtown Common
	Newtown Common Location within Hampshire
Population	382
OS grid reference	SU4699563195
District	Basingstoke and Deane;
Shire county	Hampshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWBURY
Postcode district	RG20
Dialling code	01635
Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	North West Hampshire;
	List of places UK England Hampshire 51°21′57″N 1°19′35″W / 51.365886°N 1.32634°W

Newtown Common is a village in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Newbury, which lies approximately 2.5 miles (4.1 km) north-east from the village.

History

The Feudal title Lord of the Manor of Newtown was sold at auction in 1986 for £4,200 by the Earl of Carnarvon to local businessman Michael Farrow. Using the title, Farrow claimed the common and registered it with the Land Registry. He then transferred it to Bakewell Management, who requested a fee of 6% of the property value from all of the homeowners who used the common to access their property. Initially successful, the request for money to cross the ransom strip was overturned by the House of Lords on 1 April 2004.^[1]^[2]

Governance

Newtown Common is part of the civil parish of Newtown,^[3] and is part of the Burghclere, Highclere and St. Mary Bourne ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council.^[4] The borough council is a Non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

References

^ Ross Clark (3 November 2004). "The battle of Newtown Common". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
^ "Bakewell Management Ltd v. Brandwood & Ors [2004] UKHL 14 (1 April 2004)". Bailii.org. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
^ "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.

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[1] Ross Clark (3 November 2004). "The battle of Newtown Common". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2010.

[2] "Bakewell Management Ltd v. Brandwood & Ors [2004] UKHL 14 (1 April 2004)". Bailii.org. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[3] "Hampshire County Council's legal record of public rights of way in Hampshire" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2010.

[4] "Basingstoke and Deane Wards info". 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.

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v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the Basingstoke and Deane District of Hampshire, England
	Towns	Basingstoke Tadley Whitchurch
	Civil parishes	Ashford Hill with Headley Ashmansworth Baughurst Bradley Bramley Burghclere Candovers Chineham Cliddesden Deane Dummer East Woodhay Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green Farleigh Wallop Hannington Herriard Highclere Hurstbourne Priors Kingsclere Laverstoke Litchfield and Woodcott Mapledurwell and Up Nately Monk Sherborne Mortimer West End Newtown North Waltham Nutley Oakley Old Basing and Lychpit Overton Pamber Popham Preston Candover Rooksdown Sherborne St John Sherfield on Loddon Sherfield Park Silchester St Mary Bourne Steventon Stratfield Turgis Tunworth Upton Grey Weston Corbett Weston Patrick Winslade Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell
	Villages and hamlets	Adbury Aldermaston Soke Aldern Bridge Andwell Ashe Ashe Warren Ashford Hill Ashley Warren Axford Axmansford Binley Bishop's Green Bramley Corner Bramley Green Broadmere Brock's Green Brown Candover Charter Alley Chilton Candover Cole Henley Dunley East Oakley Ecchinswell Ellisfield Ewhurst Freefolk Hare Warren Headley Heath End Ibworth Inhurst Litchfield Little London Lower Woodcott Lower Wyke Malshanger Mapledurwell Middle Wyke Nately Scures Newfound Newnham Newtown Common North Oakley North Sydmonton Old Basing Old Burghclere Pamber End Pamber Green Pamber Heath Penwood Plastow Green Quidhampton Ramsdell Southrope Stoke Spanish Green Sydmonton Tufton Warren Up Nately Upper Woodcott Upper Wootton Tufton Turgis Green Wadwick Wells-in-the-Field West Heath Whitnal Whitway Woolton Hill Wolverton Wolverton Common Wootton St Lawrence
	Districts of Basingstoke	Brighton Hill Hatch Warren Kempshott Oakridge South Ham Winklebury Worting Viables