Nowton is a small village and
civil parish
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in the
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district of
Suffolk
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in eastern England. Located on the southern edge of
Bury St Edmunds
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, in 2005 its population was estimated to be 140.
[Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk]
Suffolk County Council At the 2011 census 163 people were recorded as living in the village.
The village is situated to the south of the vast
Nowton Park. The park is almost 200 acres in size and is landscaped in typical Victorian style. It is owned by
West Suffolk district council and managed for recreation, leisure and nature conservation. It was once part of the Oakes family estate, and contains wild flower meadows, mixed woodland, wildlife ponds and an arboretum featuring trees from around the world. It is renowned for The Lime Avenue with its 100,000 daffodils that emerge in spring.
St Peter's church, is the parish church of the village and dates from the 12th century. It was enlarged and repewed in 1843, at the cost of H.J. Oakes, Esq and J.H Porteus Oakes, Esq and is a Grade II* listed building. The church is a neat building that contains a nave and chancel and a good collection of late medieval
Flemish
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glass windows. The bell tower contains 6 bells.
To the south of the park lies Nowton Court which was built in 1837 and was owned by the Oakes family. For several years it was run as a boarding prep school until it closed and pupils and staff moved to
Old Buckenham Hall School
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Founded in 1862, the school ha ...
in
Brettenham. Its most famous alumnus is
Nigel Havers
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. Nowton Court is now a retirement home called 'Nowton Court Village'.
The village is also the location of Grade II listed Nowton Hall. The former farmhouse is dated 1595 on the chimney-stack, with the initials A.P. for Anthony Payne (d.1606). The house stands on the remains of a roughly E-shaped moated site. Prior to the Dissolution, the manor belonged to the
Benedictine
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Abbey of
St. Edmundsbury.
Demography
According to the
Office for National Statistics
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, at the time of the
United Kingdom Census 2001
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The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...
, Nowton had a population of 131 with 59 households,
increasing to a population of 163 in 61 households at the 2011 Census.
Population change
Notable residents
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Edward Dewing
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Henry Oakes
Location grid
Related pages
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Nowton Park
References
Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
Borough of St Edmundsbury
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