A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NEWTON, a township in Middlewich parish, Cheshire; on the Trent and Mersey canal, suburban to Middlewich, and almost surrounding it. Acres with Middlewich township, 1, 150. Real property of N. alone, £5, 101. Pop. in 1851, 1, 500; in 1861, 1, 657. Houses, 355. The manor belongs to W. R. Court, Esq; and the Manor House, a handsome mansion about a mile from Middlewich, is Mr. C's. seat. Newton Hall is the seat of Capt. H. H. France; and Newton Lodge, of J. Blackwell, Esq. There are brick-works, salt-works, a Primitive Methodistchapel, and a grammar school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Middlewich AP/CP/Tn Newton CP/Tn Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Newton |
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