This is the original toll bridge of 1832 built over the Trent at Dunham linking Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. It is of bowstring type, designed by George Leather.

The bridge was replaced by a modern concrete structure in 1979, but it remains in local ownership.

Photograph 1978

The west doorway in the tower at St Peter's has stiff leaf capitals and deep mouldings to the arch.

May 2008

The rough embattled tower of St Peter's is from the Early English period. Some masonry in the south wall is Norman.

The rest of the church has seen many alterations, with both chancel and north aisle rebuilt in the 19th century.

May 2008

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Newton opened in November 1895.

Following closure it was converted into a dwelling and sold in 2015

September 2017

"A List And Brief Details Of Chapels In The Lincoln Circuits Past And Present" prepared by Colin Shepherdson (Revised October 2000) states :-

"i) A Society was formed circa 1750 and the chapel built in 1790 or 1812 or 1828. Following the opening of the new chapel it was sold for £50.

ii) The foundation stone for a new chapel, in Dunham Road, was laid on the 15.7.1895 and the building opened on the 6.11.1895. The chapel is still in use with a membership of 5"

Following closure it was converted into a dwelling and sold in 2015.

Geoff Swain Collection 2 July 1993

From the days when shops in small villages sold both cycles and cigarettes.

 Unposted postcard by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.