Newton Stacey
| Newton Stacey | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Newton Stacey ford, on the Dever | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU411404 |
| Location: | 51°9’41"N, 1°24’50"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Stockbridge |
| Postcode: | SO20 |
| Dialling code: | 01264 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Test Valley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North West Hampshire |
Newton Stacey is a hamlet in the parish of Barton Stacey in Hampshire. Its nearest town is Stockbridge, four and a half miles to the south-west.
History
Close to Newton Stacey is a grass-grown track, said to be a disused part of the Roman road from Winchester to Cirencester, which runs northwards past Bransbury Common. This road divides between Barton Stacey and Newton Stacey, and close to it are six tumuli, one of which is long.[1]
Newton Stacey is named Niwetone in the Domesday Book in 1086.[2]
The hundred of Barton was granted by King John to Rogo de Sacy or Stacey in September 1199,[3] remained a possession of his son Emery who paid his knights fees for Bertune Sacy in 1206,[3] and afterwards remained in the possession of the lords of the manor of Barton Stacey, hence referred to as the hundred of Barton Stacey. In the same decades, the hamlet of Newton began to be called Newton Stacey.
The hundred court was held in Barton Stacey until the late 19th century.
In 1614 the Puritan, Revd Stephen Bachiler, moved from nearby Wherwell to Newton Stacey where he lived until shortly before setting sail for America. Bachiler founded the town of Hampton in present-day New Hampshire. A number of Newton Stacey residents, influenced by Bachiler's zealous preaching, settled in the new world.[4]
The great expansion of villages in the twentieth century barely affected Newton Stacey, which stayed relatively small.
References
- ↑ A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 4 pp 417=422: Parishes: Barton Stacey (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Stacey Newton Stacey in the Domesday Book
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barton Stacey Fete 2017, accessed June 2017.
- ↑ The Revd Stephen Bachiler Notorious Inconformist of Newton Stacey by Mark Bailey, Barton Stacey History Group, 2016
