Nowton, Suffolk

Historical Description

Nowton, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands near the river Lark, 2 miles S by E of Bury St Edmunds, and 1¼ mile W from Whelnetham station on the Sudbury and Bury section of the G.E.R., and is small but neat. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Bury St Edmunds. The parish contains also part of the hamlet of Horsecroft, and comprises 1165 acres; population, 234. The manor, with Nowton Court, belongs to the Oakes family. The Briars is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £184 with residence. Patron, the Marquis of Bristol. The church, which was enlarged and repaired in 1843, is a building of flint and stone partly in the Norman style, and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. There are four almshouses, which were erected in 1877.

Administration

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

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Nowton from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Nowton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

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