Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWTON

NEWTON, a township-chapelry in Clodock parish, Hereford; on the river Escley, 4 miles W of Abbeydore, and 5 N W of Pontrilas r. station. Post-town, Abbey-dore, under Hereford. Real property, £1, 358. Pop., 263. Houses, 56. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £80. Patron, the Vicar of Clodock. The church is modern, and has a belfry.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Clodock AP       Newton CP/Tn       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Newton

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