Newton-on-Ouse is a village and civil parish in the former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) north-west of York.It lies on the east bank of the River Ouse The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Neuuetone in the Bulford hundred.John Oates was commissioned by the 6th Viscount Downe, William Henry Dawnay, to rebuild the body of the church and this was completed in 1839.Lydia Dawnay commission George Townsend Andrews to rebuild the church and it was at this stage that the magnificent spire, 150 ft from the ground, was added.[6] William Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe, and his wife are interred in the church with the fine memorial brass that once covered the tomb now fixed to the chancel wall.