Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWPORT

NEWPORT, a quondam borough, now a small hamlet, in Wrantage tything, North Curry parish, Somerset; near the Chard canal, 5½ miles E S E of Taunton.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a quondam borough, now a small hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: North Curry AP/CP       Newport Borough       Somerset AncC
Place: Newport

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