In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Old Newton like this:
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.
Old Newton through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Old Newton in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7550
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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