Newton is a village in the civil parish of Blackwell, in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England, about a mile south of Tibshelf.

The parish is represented by one councillor on Derbyshire County Council,[4] although the electoral division covers South Normanton East and Tibshelf as well as Blackwell.

Blackwell civil parish forms part of the Bolsover parliamentary constituency.

Some of the main events in Newton's history are listed in the table below, in date order.

[29] Most of Newton lies on the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation bedrock.

[7] The presence of coal accounts for the growth of the population in Newton during the industrial era.

[35] Of the original late 12th-century church, there remains but one pillar, in Transitional style, preserved on the inner face of the north wall.

There are evening and Sunday services to Alfreton and Mansfield but these run less frequently and are subsidised by Derbyshire County Council.

Although it is certain that he was born, lived and worked in the Newton area, there is some confusion over exact locations: Sophie Baggaley- Association football goalkeeper who plays for Birmingham City L.F.C.