The Village is recorded in the Doomsday Book as Niwebold meaning “new build”. The suffix Verdon was a acquired from Nicholas de Verdon, owner of the manor in 1226.
The sign shows a miner and a Farmer in conversation. The village was originally an agriculture centre, in the 1850’s Newbold Verdon grew due coal mining in the area, this has mow ceased.
In the background is St James’s Church dating from 1209
