Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Newton

Newton, township and ry. sta., Mottram in Longdendale par., Cheshire, wholly within the municipal limits of Hyde, 870 ac. (22 water), pop. 7340; P.O., called Newton Moor; the sta. is 7½ miles SE. of Manchester.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cheshire AncC
Place names: NEWTON     |     NEWTON MOOR
Place: Newton

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