Newton Blossomville

Newton Blossomville is a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England. It is a civil parish, sharing a joint parish council with Clifton Reynes. At the 2001 census, the population of the parish was 280^[1] It is located in the north of the Borough, about two and a half miles east of Olney. The village name 'Newton' is an Old English language word meaning 'new farm'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Niwetone. The affix 'Blossomville' came later, referring to the family name of the lords of the manor in the 13th century. This was added to differentiate the village from other places called Newton, particularly Newton Longville in Buckinghamshire.

Services

Today, the main services remaining in the village are the Newton Blossomville Church of England 1st School and the Old Mill public house (previously The Old Mill Burned Down), which closed twice in recent years. The pub reopened under new ownership in June 2006, after refurbishment. The village post office has been closed for many years, as is common for other villages of this size. The nearest railway station, in Turvey, was closed when the Northampton to Bedford line was closed in the 1960s; although the line remains, it is unused and overgrown, although a section has been cleared and pathed as a pleasant walk from the village to Clifton Reynes.

Notable former inhabitants

• Sir Thomas Armstrong
• Rosemary Rapaport

References

1. ^ Population of the village (Page 22)