Newbourn (St. Mary)
NEWBOURN (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Woodbridge, hundred of Carlford, E. division of Suffolk, 5 miles (S. by E.) from Woodbridge; containing 163 inhabitants, and comprising by computation 800 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 4. 2.; net income, £192; patron, Sir Joshua R. Rowley, Bart. The crag-pits here, at the depth of 20 feet, are full of shells, teeth of fish, &c.; and through the marine deposit, several copious springs rise up, even in the driest seasons.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.