Newton on Trent (Newton by Trent)
Note: There is more than one Newton in Lincolnshire and even more across England.
- The parish was in the Marton sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
- The North Lincolnshire Library holds a copy of the census returns for 1841 through 1901.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Peter.
- Some parts of the church date back to Norman times. The church was restored during the years 1876-9.
- The church seats about 160 persons.
- There is a photo of Saint Peter's Church at Wendy Parkinson's site.
- Here is a photo of Saint Peter's Church taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
- Parish registers of baptisms and burials exist from 1656 and marriages from 1755. Bishop's transcripts go back to 1599.
- The North Lincolnshire Library holds a copy of the parish register entries for baptisms 1656-1909, burials 1656-1992 and marriages 1656-1979.
- The parish lies in the Corringham Deanery, for which there are Deanery marriage indexes.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chapel here prior to 1872. A new one was built in 1895. The Methodists still have a chapel in the village. For more on these chapels and their records, check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Marton sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.
Newton on Trent is both a village and parish 10 miles south of Gainsborough and 10 miles west of Lincoln. The River Trent is the western boundary of the parish, crossed by the Dunham Bridge. Kettlethorpe parish is to the northeast and Thorney parish in Nottinghamshire to the south. The parish covers some 1,570 acres.
The village overlooks the River Trent. If you are planning a visit:
- The village is bisected by both the A57 trunk road and the A1133.
- Marshall's Bus Service operates route X 5 between Sutton on Trent and Lincoln with stops at Newton on Trent. This route only runs on Fridays. See also our Transport page.
- Visit our touring page for more sources.
- The Romans had a vexillation fortress at Newton on Trent. The national grid reference for the site is SK 823737.
- Dunham Bridge across the Trent River was built in 1831-2. It was a cast-iron structure with four arches resting on stone piers, each 118 feet in span.
- White's 1842 Directory reports that hiring for servants was held here about a month before Mayday and Martinmas. White's 1872 Directory reports that hiring for servants was held on the Monday after the Lincoln April Fair.
- In White's 1842 Directory, the chief landowners in the parish were the dowager lady KINLOCK and Mrs. MINSTER. The DENBY, INGILBY, NEVILL and SKELTON families also own property here.
- In White's 1872 Directory, the chief landowner was Lieut.-Col. CRACROFT-AMCOTTS, member of Parliament.
- In Kelly's 1900 Directory, the chief landowners are Mrs. CRACROFT-AMCOTTS of Kettlethorpe, Sir Alexander KINLOCH, baronet of Kilduff, the Reverend W. H. HUTTON, Lieut.-Col. George H. HUTTON and the Rev. Canon Charles NEVILE.
- The national grid reference is SK 8374.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 271 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale. Or get the OS Landranger Map 121.
- For a map, click on MultiMap.
- 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.
- White's 1842 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BALFOUR, BEALBY, BELLAMY, DEAN, DENBY, DIXON, EDWARDS, FRYER, KITCHEN, KYME, LYON, MILES, MITCHELL, MURPHY, NAYLOR, NORWOOD, OLIVER, PEACOCK, RATHER, RAYNES, SKELTON, SUMMERS, THOMPSON, TINKER, TURTLE, VERNON, WAITE and WILMOT.
- White's 1872 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: ADCOCK, ALLISON, ATKINSON, BARLOW, BEALBY, BEELEY, BELLAMY, COBB, CROSSLAND, DAWSON, DIXON, FRYER, FULLER, GRIMES, JAMES, KENT, KITCHEN, KYME, LAMBERT, LILL, LYON, MILES, NORWOOD, ROBINSON, RATHER, THOMPSON, TINKER, TORR, TURTLE, WALMSEY, WILLAN and WILMOT.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: ADCOCK, ARDEN, BAYES, CAVE, CROSSLAND, DAWSON, DIXON, FREEMAN, GLOVER, GOLD, GRIMES, KENT, KYME, LILL, NEWTON, ROWBOTHAM, SIMMS, STABLE, STOREY, TINKER and WILMOT.
- Kelly's 1913 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: ADCOCK, ARDEN, BAYES, BURDELL, CROSSLAND, DIXON, FREEMAN, GELDER, GRIMES, HARRIS, KYME, LYNN, MARRISON, RICHARDSON, SIMMS, STABLE, STOREY, TINKER, WALKER, WILMOT and WINDALL.
- If you are a BAYES family researcher, check the BAYES family web site.
- The parish was in the ancient Well Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- In 1737, Mrs. HALL left 5 acres and 2 rods of land at Clifton which let for £7 a year. Of that £1 and 15 shillings went to the poor of this parish and the remainder to the poor of Kettlethorpe (in 1842).
- The common fields were enclosed here in 1766.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Gainsborough Poorlaw Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
205 |
| 1831 |
310 |
| 1871 |
319 |
| 1891 |
307 |
| 1911 |
269 |
| 1991 |
261 |
- A Parochial School was built here in 1857 and restored in 1880 at the expense of Lady HAY. In 1900 it had 60 students attending. The current CofE Primary School has its own web site, but there is no history online. The school is on High Street, LN1 2JS.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
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[Last updated: 27-July-2007 - Louis R. Mills]
