Newton by Castle Acre is a village, Anglican

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and

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in the Breckland district of the

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. It is situated on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, about north of the town of

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. The village is from the city of

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and from

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Geography

The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 37 in 14 households. The parish shares boundaries with the adjacent parishes of Castle Acre, South Acre,

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, Little Dunham, Great Dunham and Lexham. The parish falls within the

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of Breckland. Local government responsibilities are shared between the parish, district and county councils.

History

Newton was a significant settlement in the

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of South Greenhoe at the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086, with 39 households under the ownership of King William and Ivo Tallboys. William's holding comprised two villagers, six freemen, 11 smallholders and four slaves, and resources included two mills, a shared salthouse and cattle, pigs and sheep, with a total value of eight pounds. Ivo Tallboys holding included eight villagers, two freemen, five smallholders and 1 slave, and with horses, cattle and sheep had a total value of four pounds.

Ecclesiastical parish

The parish church of St Mary and All Saints is an ancient structure and a Grade I

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. The church is believed to have been built around the time of Edward the Confessor. The parish is in the

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The millhouse

A mill house on the River Nar was built from a nearby ruined priory in 1797. During the 1990s Dick Joice, a noted Norfolk historian, owned the site and rebuilt the millhouse.

References

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