Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWTON (West)

NEWTON (West), a township, with a village, in Aldbrough parish, E. R. Yorkshire; miles N E of Hull. Acres, 778. Real property, £3, 218. Pop., 220. Houses, 30. An hospital was founded here, prior to 1179, by William Earl of Albemarle.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: NEWTON     |     NEWTON WEST     |     WEST NEWTON
Place: West Newton

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