| Official Name: | Newton by Castle Acre |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | East of England |
| Static Image: | All Saints, Newton, Norfolk.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 240px |
| Static Image Caption: | All Saints parish church, Newton, Norfolk. |
| Population: | 37 |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.37 |
| Population Ref: | (2001 census) |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF831154 |
| Coordinates: | 52.7058°N 0.7092°W |
| Post Town: | KING'S LYNN |
| Postcode Area: | PE |
| Postcode District: | PE32 |
| Dial Code: | 01760 |
| London Distance: | 104miles |
Newton by Castle Acre is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the Breckland district of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, about north of the town of Swaffham. The village is from the city of Norwich and from London.[1] [2] [3]
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, Sporle with Palgrave, Little Dunham, Great Dunham and Lexham. The parish falls within the district of Breckland. Local government responsibilities are shared between the parish, district and county councils.[2] [4]
Newton was a significant settlement in the Hundred 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.[5]
The parish church of St Mary and All Saints is an ancient structure and a Grade I listed building. The church is believed to have been built around the time of Edward the Confessor.[6] The parish is in the Diocese of Norwich.[7]
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.