Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWTON-BY-THE-SEA

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))

Linked entities:
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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