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St Michael, Newton by Toft, Lincolnshire

Location
(53°22′22″N, 0°25′18″W)
Newton by Toft
TF 051 874
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Lincolnshire
now Lincolnshire
  • Thomas E. Russo

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Feature Sets
Description

A small church consisting of nave and chancel. Blocked 13thc. arcade of N aisle visible in N wall of nave. Extensively rebuilt in 1860 by James Fowler. Chancel arch is probably Romanesque.

History

Though the village is mentioned several times in the Domesday Survey, there is no record of a church here in 1086.

Features

Interior Features

Arches

Chancel arch/Apse arches
Comments/Opinions

The S impost is of one piece of stone and is original; the central portion of N impost is good, but its E and W sections are renewed insertions. In addition to the cut back marks, chisel marks are visible on the N face of the S impost.

Bibliography

Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Lincolnshire. London, 1990, 576.