Norfolk: West Newton

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

NEWTON (WEST) is a pleasant village, on an eminence, 7 miles N.N.E. of Lynn. It has a large brewery, and comprises in its parish 242 inhabitants, and 1,221A. 3R. 35P. of land, lying in the two manors of Rivetts and Buckenham, of which the Hon. Chas. Spencer Cowper, is now lord and owner of most of the soil. The common (280A.) was enclosed in 1806, when 12 acres were allotted to the poor for fuel, &c.

The CHURCH, (St. Peter and St. Paul,) is a venerable fabric, which was re-pewed in 1805, when the north aisle was taken down, and the arches walled up.

The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £5 6s. 8d., and in 1831 at £178, is in the patronage of the Crown, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. John Fairfax Francklin, M.A., who has a good residence, and about 8A. of glebe.

Directory:-

         Clarke    Wm.              showmaker
         Coe       Wm.              gardener
         Francklin Rev. J.F., M.A.  Rectory
         Gunton    Wm.              miller and baker
         Last      John             blacksmith and parish-clerk
         Mott      Wm.              bricklayer
         Robson    John             brewer and maltster
         Smith     Fras.            vict., Three Tuns
 
            farmers
 
         Cork      Samuel
         Clarke    Thomas
         Robson    Thos.
 

See also the West Newton parish page.

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