Norfolk: West Newton

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

West Newton is about 7 miles N.E. of King's Lynn.
See also Newton by Castle Acre, Newton Flotman and Newton St Faith (Horsham St Faith).

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1831: Numbers of households, males, females, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter and St Paul: Description and pictures.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Picture of the church.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Picture of the church.
West Newton Church Council: Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, West Newton.
[West Newton, West Newton Church Council, 1970s]

Church Records

Marriages 1561-1837: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 5.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), West Newton was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.

Description and Travel

West Newton: Description and pictures.
West Newton Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Lingwood, Lemmon: Jarrold's Guide to Hunstanton.
The illustrated handbook to Hunstanton and neighbourhood, including Sandringham, Castle Rising, King's Lynn, Heacham, West Newton, and Snettisham.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1900s]
Durst, David W.: Norfolk Flax.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in: "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.2, no.5, 1980]
Searle, Antony G. and Tuck, James W.: The King's Flax and the Queen's Linen.
H.M. Norfolk Flax Establishment, West Newton, 1930s-1950s.
[ISBN 0948400781, Larks Press, 1999]

Directories

Historical Geography

West Newton is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Freebridge Lynn Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 West Newton became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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