Owston and Newbold
| Owston and Newbold | |
 St Andrew's Church |
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  Owston and Newbold |
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| OS grid reference | SK774079 |
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| Civil parish | Owston and Newbold |
| District | Harborough |
| Shire county | Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OAKHAM |
| Postcode district | LE15 |
| Dialling code | 01664 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Rutland and Melton |
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Coordinates: 52°39′48″N 0°51′23″W / 52.663333°N 0.856389°W
Owston and Newbold is a hamlet and civil parish, 5 miles (8 km) west of Oakham in the county of Leicestershire, England.
The Parish Church of St Andrew, Owston, began as an Augustinian monastic foundation before 1161, and substantial buildings stood around the site of the current church. Owston Abbey was never prosperous, and when dissolved at the reformation had 6 canons.[1] The parish retained a part of the Abbey Church for its use when the rest was demolished, resulting in an unusually proportioned building, with its doorway through the tower on the south side. The relationship between the current church and former monastic arrangements remains uncertain.[2]
References
- ↑ Houses of Augustinian canons: The abbey of Owston, A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (1954), pp. 21-23. Date accessed: 26 April 2014
- ↑ pastscape.org.uk: Owston Abbey. Monument record 321103 Accessed 26 April 2014
External links
Media related to Owston and Newbold at Wikimedia Commons
- Photograph of Owston
- History
- Ordnance Survey Map of Village from multimap
- Parish Profile 2001 Census
- Photographs of village from Geograph