In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newton Cap like this:
NEWTON-CAP, a township in Auckland, St. Andrew parish, Durham; on the river Wear, ½ a mile N W of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 939. Real property, £2, 159. Pop. in 1851, 280; in 1861, 404. Houses, 86. Newton Hall is the seat of W. Russell, Esq.
Newton Cap through time
Newton Cap is now part of Wear Valley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wear Valley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newton Cap itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newton Cap, in Wear Valley and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2774
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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