Newton by Castle Acre

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Newton by Castle Acre
Norfolk
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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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