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NEWTON-BY-THE-SEA, a township, with a village, in Embleton parish, Northumberland; on the coast, 7½ miles N E of Alnwick. It has a post-office under Chathill. Acres, 1, 411. Pop., 238. Houses, 50. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in fisheries.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Embleton AP/CP Newton By the Sea CP/Tn Northumberland AncC |
Place: | Newton By the Sea |
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