Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWTON (West)

NEWTON (West), a hamlet and a township in Kirk .newton parish, Northumberland. The hamlet lies near the river Glen, 6 miles W N W of Wooler. The township contains also the hamlet of Canna-Mill, and comprises 1,063 acres. Pop., 75. Houses, 13. The manor belongs to the Earl of Tankerville.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place names: NEWTON     |     NEWTON WEST     |     WEST NEWTON
Place: Westnewton

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