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NEWTON-WOLD, a parish in Bridlington parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Wolds, 4 miles S W of Hunmanby r. station, and 8½ W N W of Bridlington. Post-town, Bridlington, under Hull. Acres, 1, 960. Real property, £3, 307. Pop. in 1851, 276; in 1861, 351. Houses, 70. The surface is a diversity of hill and dale. There is acopious spring, called the Gipsey well. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £113. Patron, Viscount Downe. The church is ancient, and was repaired in 1839. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and an endowednational school with £20 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Wold Newton |
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