In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newminster like this:
NEWMINSTER ABBEY, a township in Morpeth parish, Northumberland; on the river Wansbeck, ½ a mile W of Morpeth. Acres, 717. Pop., 140. Houses, 26. A splendid Cistertian monastery stood here. See Morpeth.
Newminster through time
Newminster is now part of Castle Morpeth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Castle Morpeth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newminster itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newminster, in Castle Morpeth and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9561
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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