Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RAINTON-CUM-NEWBY

RAINTON-CUM-NEWBY, a township in Topcliffe parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on Leeming-lane, 6 miles N N W of Boroughbridge. Acres, 1, 511. Real property, £3,067. Pop., 380. Houses, 83. The manor belongs to Earl de Grey. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(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: Topcliffe Tn/CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Rainton

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