Description
Newton Solney, a village and a parish in Derbyshire. The village stands on the river Trent at the boundary with Staffordshire, 2 3/4 miles NE by N of Burton-upon-Trent, and has a post office under Burton-upon-Trent; money order and telegraph office, Eepton. The parish comprises 1393 acres; population, 467. The manor belongs to the Ratcliff family. Bricks are made. The living is a donative in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £17. The church is ancient, was restored in 1884, has a tower and spire, and contains some effigies, supposed to be monuments of the Solney family. There are four almshouses, erected in 1866.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
