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NEWTON-LE-WOLD, Newton-upon-the-Wolds, or Wold-Newton, a village and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln. The village stands in a valley of the Wolds, 4 miles W by S of Thoresby r. station, and 8½ S S W of Great Grimsby; and has a post-office under Grimsby. The parish comprises 2,060 acres. Real property, £2, 981. Pop., 189. Houses, 31. The manor belongs to the Earl of Yarborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £476.* Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church stands on an eminence, was rebuilt in 1862, and is in the early English style. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Wold Newton AP/CP Caistor RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
Place names: | NEWTON LE WOLD | NEWTON LE WOLD NEWTON UPON THE WOLDS OR WOLD NEWTON | NEWTON UPON THE WOLDS | WOLD NEWTON |
Place: | Wold Newton |
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