Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWMINSTER ABBEY

NEWMINSTER ABBEY, a township in Morpeth parish, Northumberland; on the river Wansbeck, ½ a mile W of Morpeth. Acres, 717. Pop., 140. Houses, 26. A splendid Cistertian monastery stood here. See Morpeth.


(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: Morpeth AP/CP/Tn       Newminster Abbey CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Newminster

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