A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NEWBY, a township in Morland parish, Westmoreland; 4¼ miles N E of Shap. Acres, 2, 887. Real property, £2, 479. Pop., 284. Houses, 54. The manor, with Newby Hall, belonged formerly to the Vernons and the Nevinsons; and belongs now to the Earl of Lonsdale. Lime-burning was formerly carried on at Towcett; buthas ceased since the railway period. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Morland AP/CP Newby Tn/CP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Newby |
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