NEWTON, a parish in the hundred of CORBY, county of NORTHAMPTON, 3 miles (N. by B.) from lettering, containing 94 inhabitants. The living is a donative. The church is dedicated to St. Faith. This parish was anciently divided into two townships, Great and Little Newton, each of which had a chapel, subordinate to the church of Geddington, and part of the possessions of Pippewell abbey.