Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWTOWN

NEWTOWN, a township in Chillingham parish, Northumberland; 3½ miles E S E of Wooler. Pop., 104. Houses, 17. The curious old pillar, called Hurlstone, is here.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Chillingham AP/CP       Newtown CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Newtown

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