NEWENTON, (Wiltshire) 2 m. N. of Malmsbury, is in some maps called Long-Newenton, has a noble prospect to the S. as far as
Hackpen-Hills over Malmsbury and Charlton-House and park. It was formerly the manor and seat of Sir Giles Escourt; near
whose house is a fine fountain of free-stone, from whence water was brought in pipes to Malmsbury-Abbey, to which the T.
was given, and to which its Ch. was a chapel of ease; some of the pipes were found in the last century.