Toft Newton is a civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It consists of the hamlets of Toft next Newton and Newton by Toft, as well as the small village of Newtoft. It is 4 miles (6 km) west from Market Rasen. According to the 2021 Census it had a population of 479.
In terms of local governance, the parish of Toft Newton is located in the West Lindsey District Council Dunholm and Welton ward and the Lincolnshire County Council Welton Rural divison. We are also located in the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority area, and within the Gainsborough contituency for parliamentary purposes.
The church of St Michael in Newton by Toft dates from the 12th century and was extensively rebuilt in 1860 by James Fowler. St Peter and Paul Church in Toft next Newton was originally built in the thirteenth century, but was extensively remodelled in 1891 by Hodgson Fowler. It is a grade II listed building, it was closed in 1986 and was sold for residential use in 1989.
Both Toft next Newton and Newton by Toft are mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086. Both hamlets were in the Walshcroft hundread area, of Lincolnshire. Bishop Odo of Bayeux's land included Toft next Newton, which had a population of 14 housholds, and Newton by Toft which had a population of 17 housholds, both hamlets were surrounded by ploughland and meadowland.
The privately owned woodland on the corner of Alexandria Road, Newtoft appears on the very first Ordnance Survey map of the Market Rasen area, which was produced in 1886, meaning that this 0.84 acre site, is at least 140 years old.
Toft Newton Reservoir on the upper reaches of the River Ancholme covers 41 acres (16.5 ha), and is supplied with water from Short Ferry, on the River Witham, through a 10.6-mile (17 km) pipeline.
A scalable Ordnance Survey map of the parish can be viewed here.
