An area of agglomerated fields surrounding the hamlet of Newton. The fields are contained within the Newton conservation area. Earthworks within the fields are likely to be related to the shrunken medieval village of Newton. The agglomerated fields were created through the removal of field boundaries, mostly in the last quarter of the 20th century. The settlement is first recorded in the Poll Tax returns of 1379. It is uncertain when or why depopulation began. The 1st edition OS map of 1854 shows a series of irregular enclosures probably derived from earlier tofts and crofts. Legibility of the former landscape is partial due to the surviving earthworks.