Newton by Toft
- The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 641 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2115 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3426 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2624 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael and was built in the Norman period.
- The church was rebuilt in 1860.
- The church seats only about 80.
- A photograph of Saint Michael's Church is at the Wendy PARKINSON English Church Photographs site.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Michael's Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2006.
- Here is a photograph of St. Michael's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The parish register dates from 1592.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here before 1900. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Market Rasen sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Newton-by-Toft is a village and a parish, 4 miles west of Market Rasen and about 11 miles northeast of the City of Lincoln. The parish covers 1009 acres. Faldingworth parish lies to the south.
If you are planning a visit:
- The Toft Newton Reservoir lies due west of the village. Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Toft Newton Reservoir on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2006.
- See our touring page for visitor services.
- The national grid reference is TF 0587.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The name Newton is a very common name, coming from the Old English niwe+tun, or "new estate or village".
A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the north division of the ancient Walshcroft Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish in the East Lindsey district of the county.
- Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.
- In April, 1936, this Civil parish was abolished and a new Civil Parish of Toft Newton was created.
- Bastardy cases would be heard on the 1st Tuesday each month at the Market Rasen petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
51 |
| 1831 |
82 |
| 1851 |
71 |
| 1871 |
95 |
| 1891 |
68 |
| 1911 |
68 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here in 1874 to hold up to 50 children. Average attendance in 1899 was 12.
- Ian S. has a photograph of the Old School House on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2014.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 9-March-2014
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