Toft Newton
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Toft Newton is a civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England that consists of the small villages of Toft next Newton, Newton by Toft and the hamlet of Newtoft. It is four miles west of Market Rasen. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 522.
The church of St. Michael in Newton by Toft dates from the 13th century and was extensively rebuilt in 1860. St. Peter and Paul church in Toft next Newton was closed in 1986 and is now residential property.
Toft Newton Reservoir on the upper reaches of the River Ancholme offers trout and other fishing facilities and is popular with bird watchers.
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