- Newton, Northamptonshire
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Coordinates: 52°26′30″N 0°42′18″W / 52.4416°N 0.7050°W
Newton
Newton shown within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference SP881834 District Kettering Shire county Northamptonshire Region East Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Kettering Postcode district NN14 Dialling code 01536 Police Northamptonshire Fire Northamptonshire Ambulance East Midlands EU Parliament East Midlands UK Parliament Kettering List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire Newton, sometimes called Newton in the Willows, is a small village in the Ise valley, Kettering, Northamptonshire. The village is in the civil parish of Newton and Little Oakley which had a population at the 2001 census of 147.[1] It has a combined parish council with Geddington.
The grade II* listed former parish church of St Faith in Newton is now an educational centre;[2] the novelist J.L. Carr fought to prevent the redundancy of the church.
In 1607, Newton was the site of the suppression of a peasants' revolt against enclosure; at least 46 rebels were killed.[3] A memorial to the revolt has been erected by the church where prisoners were held.
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