Newton by Castle Acre
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| Newton by Castle Acre | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Newton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF831154 |
| Location: | 52°42’21"N, 0°42’33"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 37 (2001) |
| Post town: | King's Lynn |
| Postcode: | PE32 |
| Dialling code: | 01760 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Breckland |
Newton by Castle Acre is a village in Norfolk, a tiny place, to be found on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road about four miles north of Swaffham. At the 2001 census it had just 37 inhabitants in 14 households.
About the parish
The civil parish has an area of 1,080 acres.
Close by are Castle Acre, South Acre, Sporle, Palgrave, Little Dunham, Great Dunham and Lexham.
The millhouse
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.
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