Owston and Newbold is a civil parish, 5 miles (8 km) west of Oakham in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census (including Marefield) was 112.[1]

Owston and Newbold
St Andrew's Church
Owston and Newbold Location within Leicestershire
Population	112 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK774079
Civil parish	Owston and Newbold
District	Harborough
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OAKHAM
Postcode district	LE15
Dialling code	01664
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Rutland and Melton
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52.663333°N 0.856389°W / 52.663333; -0.856389

The Parish Church of St Andrew, Owston, began as an Augustinian monastic foundation before 1161, and substantial buildings stood around the site of the current church. Owston Abbey was never prosperous, and when dissolved at the reformation had 6 canons.[2] The parish retained a part of the Abbey Church for its use when the rest was demolished, resulting in an unusually proportioned building, with its doorway through the tower on the south side. The relationship between the current church and former monastic arrangements remains uncertain.[3]

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Media related to Owston and Newbold at Wikimedia Commons

• Photograph of Owston
• History
• Ordnance Survey Map of Village from multimap
• Parish Profile 2001 Census
• Photographs of village from Geograph