---
title: "St Michael, Newton by Toft"
description: "Located in Newton by Toft, Lincolnshire. Built C12, C13, C14 and C16; restored 1860. Diocese of Lincoln. Grade II*. Norman and Gothic style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Lincolnshire","Newton by Toft","Grade II*","Norman","James Fowler","Michael"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-michael-newton-toft"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:23:48.208Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T18:58:22.087Z"
location: "Newton by Toft, Lincolnshire"
country: "England"
county: "Lincolnshire"
town: "Newton by Toft"
address: "Clay Lane, Newton by Toft, Lincolnshire, LN8 3NF"
postcode: "LN8 3NF"
built: "C12, C13, C14 and C16; restored 1860"
architect: "James Fowler of Louth (1860 restoration)"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Michael"]
diocese: "Lincoln"
grade: "II*"
style: "Norman and Gothic"
materials: "Roughly coursed limestone and ironstone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings; slate roofs"
openingHours: "Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church."
parish: "Toft Newton"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1166203"
gridReference: "TF 051 873"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Michael, Newton by Toft

St Michael's is a Grade II* parish church on Clay Lane, Newton by Toft, in the civil parish of Toft Newton, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, in the Diocese of Lincoln.

## Overview

Historic England records a parish church of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, restored in 1860 by James Fowler of Louth. The fabric is roughly coursed limestone and ironstone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, under slate roofs with stone-coped gables. The plan is nave with western bellcote, chancel and south porch. The west end has a nineteenth-century lancet and a gabled ashlar bellcote. A blocked late-thirteenth-century three-bay north arcade is visible on the north side of the nave. The south chancel window is late thirteenth-century with recut Y-tracery; the nave has a sixteenth-century three-light window with a four-centred head.

The interior retains a small, undecorated twelfth-century chancel arch. All furnishings date from the 1860 restoration. Flanking the altar in nineteenth-century alcoves are two miniature fourteenth-century stone effigies: a lady inscribed Helaine (or Helene) with her feet on a dog, and a civilian named William with his feet on a woolstack. Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer notes that the church was almost completely rebuilt in 1860 while retaining the Norman chancel arch.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1166203](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1166203)
- [Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer MLI53420](https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI53420)