TOFT-next-NEWTON, a parish in the northern division of the wapentake of WALSHCROFT, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 4 miles (W.) from Market-Rasen, containing 65 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £9. 10. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. John Holdsworth, in 1748, bequeathed £200 in support of a school.