Newton, sometimes called Newton in the Willows, is a small village in

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It ...

. The village, in the

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valley, is in the civil parish of ''Newton and Little Oakley'' which had a population at the 2001 census of 147, decreasing to 126 at the 2011 Census. It has a combined parish council with

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. The villages name means 'New farm/settlement'. The

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parish church of St Faith in Newton is now deconsecrated. It is largely 14th century, with a 15th-century tower and chancel of 1858 by William Slater. The novelist

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fought to prevent the redundancy of the church. The church building was run as Newton Field Centre, an educational centre but closed as unviable in 2018 and has only one trustee. A

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, northeast of the church, is a Grade I listed building; it is described as an "outstanding dovecote, exhibiting craftsmanship of the highest quality". It was associated with a mansion of the Tresham family. In 1607, Newton was the site of the suppression of the Midland Revolt, a peasants' revolt against

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; at least 46 rebels were killed.Newton Rebels
/ref> A memorial has been erected by the church where prisoners were held.

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