Newent
Sign in to saveNewent (; originally called "Noent") is a market town and civil parish in the municipal district of Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England, though not in the "Royal Forest of Dean". The town is north-west of Gloucester. Its population was 5,073 at the 2001 census, rising to 5,207 in 2011, The population was 6,777 at the 2021 Census. Once a medieval market and fair town, its site had been settled at least since Roman times. The first written record of it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Newent
- UK place.static_image_name
- OMH-Newent.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Market House, Newent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Forest of Dean
- UK place.post_town
- NEWENT
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL18
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01531
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO7225
- UK place.population
- 6,277
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish, 2021 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Newent
- UK place.shire_district
- Forest of Dean
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
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- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Romano-British period
- Medieval period
- St Mary's
- 19th century
- Survivals
- Transport
- Outdoor attractions
- The arts
- Education
- Media
- Sports and recreation
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Newent (; originally called "Noent") is a market town and civil parish in the municipal district of Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England, though not in the "Royal Forest of Dean". The town is north-west of Gloucester. Its population was 5,073 at the 2001 census, rising to 5,207 in 2011, The population was 6,777 at the 2021 Census. Once a medieval market and fair town, its site had been settled at least since Roman times. The first written record of it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book.
==Etymology== Noent, Newent's original name, may have meant "new place" in Celtic. It also may mean "new inn", referring to lodgings for travellers to Wales, according to John Leland (c. 1503–1552), who mentioned a house called New Inn, later named The Boothall, which provided lodging along the road to Wales. There was indeed such a house in Lewall Street, owned by members of the Richardson family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Lewall Street runs between High Street and Court Lane, north of Broad Street.