Newton by Castle Acre is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the English

England

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 county

Counties of England

Counties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. For administrative purposes, England outside Greater London and the Isles of Scilly is divided into 83 counties. The counties may consist of a single district or be divided into several...

 of Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

. It is situated on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road

A1065 road

The A1065 is a main road in the English region of East Anglia. It provides the principal road connection to parts of the west and north of the county of Norfolk from Newmarket and points south of there, including London...

, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the town of Swaffham

Swaffham

Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households...

. The village is 28 miles (45.1 km) from the city of Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

 and 103 miles (165.8 km) from London

London

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.

Geography

The civil parish has an area of 437 hectares (1,079.8 acre) and in the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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 had a population of 37 in 14 households. The parish shares boundaries with the adjacent parishes of Castle Acre

Castle Acre

Castle Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Nar some north of the town of Swaffham...

, South Acre

South Acre

South Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village has almost disappeared, but the remnants are located about south-west of Castle Acre, north of the town of Swaffham, east of the town of King's Lynn and west of the city of Norwich...

, Sporle with Palgrave

Sporle with Palgrave

Sporle with Palgrave is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 1,038 in 442 households as of the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland....

, Little Dunham

Little Dunham

Little Dunham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 749 hectares with a population of 309 as of the 2001 census...

, Great Dunham

Great Dunham

Great Dunham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 818 hectares with an estimated population of 325...

 and Lexham

Lexham

Lexham is a parish consisting of the twin villages of East Lexham and West Lexham situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of with a population of 157 as of the 2001 census...

. The parish falls within the district

Non-metropolitan district

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 of Breckland

Breckland (district)

Breckland District is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in East Dereham.Breckland District derives its name from the Breckland landscape region, a gorse covered sandy heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk...

. Local government responsibilities are shared between the parish, district and county councils.

The millhouse

A mill house on the River Nar

River Nar

The River Nar is a river in England, and tributary of the River Great Ouse. It rises near Litcham in Norfolk and flows 15 miles west through Castle Acre and Narborough , joining the Ouse at King's Lynn. It has had a variety of alternative names, such as the Setch, the Sandringham, and Lynn Flu,...

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.