Around the House
On the NW side of the Farm House, there is a driveway and parking for 3 to 4 vehicles; the driveway has a shared access with Chapel Barn which is a rebuild in traditional style of the original cattle barns of Newton Farm.
The frontage of the house faces Newton Old Hall to the North East and has a low maintenance garden area and brick paths to the front door ,all enclosed by a brick wall with original Victorian cast iron railings and gate.
Beyond the open grassed area is an extensive wildlife woodland garden dominated by a 100year old Sycamore standing 50feet high; this and other sycamore and ash in the hedgerow, and old cherry trees are covered by a woodland preservation order .
The frontage of the house faces Newton Old Hall to the North East and has a low maintenance garden area and brick paths to the front door ,all enclosed by a brick wall with original Victorian cast iron railings and gate.
To the South West is the garden. Here a gravelled patio area is separated from the grassed area by a wide cottage garden border.
Beyond the open grassed area is an extensive wildlife woodland garden dominated by a 100year old Sycamore standing 50feet high; this and other sycamore and ash in the hedgerow, and old cherry trees are covered by a woodland preservation order .
Regular bird visitors to the garden are robins, blackbirds, thrushes, woodpigeons,tits, goldfinches and pheasants ; occasionally a great spotted woodpecker or a treecreeper take lunch on the sycamore.
Nocturnal visitors are foxes and an owl, and during the summer, pipistrelle bats feed regularly on the insects under the trees.
Newton's Social, Leisure, Community and Retail facilities
- Primary and Junior School
- Secondary School with outstanding reputation within 3 miles http://www.tibshelf.derbyshire.sch.uk/
- Methodist Chapel
- Parish Church of St Werbergh's
- Community Centre
- Sports ground including Multi User Games Area
- 2 Playgrounds
- Cable TV and Telephone network throughout the village
- Staffa Health Centre and Pharmacy within 3 miles http://www.staffahealth.org/
- NHS Dentist within 2 miles http://www.genesisdentalcare.com/
- Post Office and general store , plus Newsagent and general store
- 2 Public Houses
- Newton and Blackwell Allotment and Leisure Gardeners Association......Allotments available at March 2010
- McArthur Glen Designer Outlet Centre within 3 miles http://www.mcarthurglen.com/locations/uk/east-midlands/index.htm
- Active Senior Citizens Club
- Carnival Committee http://www.newtoncarnival.org/
- Community Association http://www.blackwellpc.org.uk/ncanews.pdf
- Livery Stables
- Network of Footpaths and Multi User Trails .Click the links below http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=111866563640151606826.00047c81b8c76f03688bf&t=h&z=12
- http://www.mtb-mania.co.uk/Silverhill_trail.htm
- For more see The Blackwell Parish Council at http://www.blackwellpc.org.uk/news.html
- M1 Junction 28 3 miles Junction 29 6 miles
- Alfreton Mansfield Parkway Railway station 3.5 miles
- To Nottingham Metro station (Free Parking) Hucknall 11 miles or Phoenix Park 11 miles
- To Robin Hood Line ( Nottingham to Worksop ) 4 miles
- Nottingham Centre 17 miles ( 30 mins) . Derby Centre 20 miles ( 30 mins). Sheffield 33 miles ( 40 mins) .
Historical Notes
The name Newton is thought to derive from Saxon meaning New Farm. It is mentioned in the Doomsday Book and at that time was the Manor of Newton.The Newton of today is predominantly residential, but in the past farming , coal and hosiery have been the village industries.
The most famous inhabitant of Newton was Jedediah Strutt, who developed the Derby Rib knitting machine, before which ribs on stockings could be produced only by hand. Jedediah went on to become a partner to Richard Arkwright and together they built a considerable factory system. It is unclear today exactly where in Newton Jedediah actually lived.
The first record we have of Newton Farm is a copy of an indenture in 1758, granting the transfer of the tenancy of the farm to Elizabeth Adlington on the death of her husband George who had held the tenancy for the Duke of Devonshire. An earlier document of 1743 lists tenants of property in Newton owned by the Duke of Newcastle and sold to the Duke of Devonshire , but unfortunately there are not property names to help distinguish if Newton Farm were included.
What we do know is that the Adlington family were tenants for the Chatsworth Estates from 1758 through to the beginning of the 20th Century, and that they played a large role in the village being Churchwardens as well as farming a very large area.
There are coal seams very close to the surface in this area, and for centuries it was dug from shallow pits. A large extraction by the standards of the 18th and 19th centuries was made in Dimminsdale to the East side of Newton, and carried to the canal at Pinxton for shipping to the cities. One of these mines in Dimminsdale was run by a family one of whom lived at Newton Farm with his wife who ran the farm. Several deep mines were sunk in the district in the latter half of the 19th century, and a large increase in the population and size of the village came about as families from wide afield relocated for work.
The most famous inhabitant of Newton was Jedediah Strutt, who developed the Derby Rib knitting machine, before which ribs on stockings could be produced only by hand. Jedediah went on to become a partner to Richard Arkwright and together they built a considerable factory system. It is unclear today exactly where in Newton Jedediah actually lived.
The first record we have of Newton Farm is a copy of an indenture in 1758, granting the transfer of the tenancy of the farm to Elizabeth Adlington on the death of her husband George who had held the tenancy for the Duke of Devonshire. An earlier document of 1743 lists tenants of property in Newton owned by the Duke of Newcastle and sold to the Duke of Devonshire , but unfortunately there are not property names to help distinguish if Newton Farm were included.
What we do know is that the Adlington family were tenants for the Chatsworth Estates from 1758 through to the beginning of the 20th Century, and that they played a large role in the village being Churchwardens as well as farming a very large area.
There are coal seams very close to the surface in this area, and for centuries it was dug from shallow pits. A large extraction by the standards of the 18th and 19th centuries was made in Dimminsdale to the East side of Newton, and carried to the canal at Pinxton for shipping to the cities. One of these mines in Dimminsdale was run by a family one of whom lived at Newton Farm with his wife who ran the farm. Several deep mines were sunk in the district in the latter half of the 19th century, and a large increase in the population and size of the village came about as families from wide afield relocated for work.
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