Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWTON (East)

NEWTON (East), a township in Aldbrough parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, 8½ miles N E of Hedon. Acres, 630. Real property, £909. Pop., 31. Houses, 5. An hospital was founded here, in 1179, by William Earl of Albemarle.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: EAST NEWTON     |     NEWTON     |     NEWTON EAST
Place: East Newton

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