In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newton like this:
NEWTON-IN-CLEVELAND, a parish in Guisbrough district, N. R. Yorkshire; near the source of the river Tees; 1½ mile S S W of Pinchingthorpe r. station, and 3 S W of Guisbrough. Post-town, Guisbrough, Yorkshire. Acres, 1, 440. Real property, £1, 100; of which £17 are in quarries. ...
Pop., 122. Houses, 30. Roseberry-Topping here is a pyramidal mountain, 1, 488 feet high; contains a thick stratum of aluminous rock; and commands an extensive view. Blue whinstone, chiefly for road-metal, is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £45. Patron, T. K. Staveley, Esq. The church is ancient; and there is a parochial school.
Newton through time
Newton is now part of Redcar and Cleveland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Redcar and Cleveland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newton, in Redcar and Cleveland and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13818
Date accessed: 21st May 2024
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