Newbourn, Suffolk

Historical Description

Newbourn, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands near the river Deben, 3½ miles S by E of Bealings station on the G.E.R.. and 4½ S by W of Woodbridge. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Woodbridge. The parish comprises 909 acres; population, 129. The manor belongs to the Rowley family. Coprolites are found here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £151 with residence. The church is a building of rubble in the Decorated style; consists of nave, chancel, and Rowley chapel, with a tower, and contains an elaborately-carved octagonal ancient font. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Newbourn from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Newbourn (St. Mary))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online:

• The Ipswich Journal
• East Suffolk Mercury and Lowestoft Weekly News
• Bury and Norwich Post
• Bury Free Press