A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NEWTON (Old), a village and a parish in Stow district, Suffolk. The village stands 2 miles N N E of Stow-market r. station; and has a post-office under Stow-market. The parish includes also the hamlet of Dagworth contiguous to the village; and comprises 2, 348acres. Real property, £4, 692. Pop., 718. Houses, 146. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to G. Tomline, Esq. Dagworth Hall was the seat of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, who was executed in the time of Henry VIII.; figures picturesquely at the village; and is now a farm-house. Linen-weaving is carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £230.* Patron, the Church Patronage Society. The church is Tudor, in tolerable condition; and has a tower. There are between 4 and 5acres of town land.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Old Newton AP/CP Stow RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place names: | NEWTON | NEWTON OLD | OLD NEWTON |
| Place: | Old Newton |
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