NEWTOWN-near-NEWBURY, a parish in the hundred of EVINGAR, Kingsclere division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 2 miles (S. by E.) from Newbury, containing 268 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Burghclere, in the archdeaconry and diocese, of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary and St. John the Baptist. Lady Lucy Berkeley, in 1626, bequeathed a rent-charge of £ 10 for teaching poor children.