A vision of Britain through time
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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.
NEWTON (West), a village, a township, and a chapelry in Bromfield parish, Cumberland. The village stands 2 miles N by W of Aspatria r. station, and 3 E N E of Allonby. The township includes also Allonby, and bears the name of West Newton and Allonby. Acres, 1, 794; of which 573 are water. Real property of the West Newton-proper portion, £2, 423; of the Allonby portion, £3, 204. Pop. in 1851, 749; in 1861, 649. Houses, 180. The decrease of pop. was only apparent, and arose from the temporary absence of men on sea-voyages, or employed in fishing. The chapelry includes only part of the township, yet extends beyond it; and was constituted in 1860. Post-town, Aspatria, under Carlisle. Pop., 422. Houses, 83. The manor belongs to Joliffe, Esq. An ancient castle was here; and a tower of it remains. Red freestone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £138.* Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church was built in 1856; and is a stone edifice, with two stained-glass windows. There is a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bromfield Tn/CP/AP Westnewton Tn/CP Cumberland AncC |
| Place names: | NEWTON | NEWTON WEST | WEST NEWTON |
| Place: | Westnewton |
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