NEWTON-by-CASTLEACRE, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of GREENHOE, county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Swaffham, containing 68 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £2. 15., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient structure, with a low square tower rising from the centre, and surmounted by a wooden turret.