A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
KINGS-NEWTON, a village and a township in Melbourne parish, Derbyshire. The village stands near the river Trent, and near the boundary with Leicestershire, 7 miles SSE of Derby. The township comprises 793 acres. Pop., about 300. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Hastings. The Hall belonged to the Hardinge family; gave entertainment, for a time, to Charles I.; and was burnt down in 1859. A spring here was once in much repute as a holy well; and a stone arch was erected over it, in 1660, by Sir Robert Hardinge. A house was 1ately fitted up as a chapel of ease.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Melbourne AP/CP Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Kings Newton |
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