Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWSHAM

NEWSHAM, a village and a township in Kirby-Wiske parish, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Swale, near the Northeastern railway, 4 miles W by N of Thirsk. The township bears the name of Newsham-with-Breckenbrough. Acres, 1,869. Real property, £2, 801. Pop., 184. Houses, 37. Dean Hickes, the antiquary, and author of the " The saurus, "was a native.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kirby Wiske CP/Tn/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Newsham

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