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NEWFIELD, a village at the mutual boundary of Cumberland and Lancashire; at the foot of Seathwaite, 6 miles N of Broughton-in-Furness. It contains a small inn, and a small church and parsonage; and it was the residence, for about 20 years, of the clergyman popularlycalled " Wonderful Walker, " whose story is patheticallytold by Wordsworth.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC Lancashire AncC |
Place: | Seathwaite |
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