Newton on Trent is a village and

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in the

West Lindsey West Lindsey is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Gainsborough, the district's largest town. The district also includes the towns of Caistor and M ...

district of

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, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 389. The village is situated east of the

River Trent The Trent is the third Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, longest river in the United Kingdom. Its Source (river or stream), source is in Staffordshire, on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains the North Midlands ...

, and is south of

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, west of

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, and at the junction of the A57 running east to west, and the A1133 running north to south. West of the village, between it and the Trent, is the site of a

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. It was discovered in 1962, and probably dates from the Claudian period. The area enclosed is likely to have been at least . Fortresses of this size are not sufficiently large for a whole

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, but would be adequate for a half-legion. Classified as a vexillation (smaller) fortress, it is an ancient

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. The village is listed in the 1086 ''

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'' as "Neutone", with of meadow. The Grade II* listed church is dedicated to

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and dates from the 12th century with later alterations and an 1876 restoration. The 12th-century tower is of four stages, and there is an early 13th-century west doorway. There are several Grade II listed buildings in the village: White House farm house which dates from the 15th century, Hall Farm House, of painted brick, which dates from 1656, the red brick Old Hall Farmhouse which dates from 1695, and The Reindeer, a 17th-century red-brick

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. Newton on Trent CE Primary School serves the village. Originally built as a

parochial school A parochial school is a private school, private Primary school, primary or secondary school affiliated with a religious organization, and whose curriculum includes general religious education in addition to secular subjects, such as science, mathem ...

in 1857, it was restored in 1880. The most significant graves in the churchyard are of the wife and daughter of the Methodist missionary, John Hunt; the daughter's stone records that she was born in Fiji, the family returning to England after Hunt's death. His name is still held in high esteem in Fiji. The Dunham Bridge crosses the River Trent into the village of Dunham in the county of

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. The original toll bridge was built in 1837, had four segmental cast iron arches on ashlar piers and cast iron railings. The bridge superstructure was rebuilt in steel in 1975–76, retaining the original piers; a new toll booth facility was constructed in 1994.

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* {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District