A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NEWNTON (North), a village and a parish in Pewsey district, Wilts. The village stands on the river Avon, 4 miles S W of Pewsey r. station, and 8½ E S E of Devizes. The parish includes the tythings of Hilcote and Rainscombe; and its post town is Pewsey, under Marlborough. Acres, 1, 381. Real property, £2, 787. Pop., 376. Houses, 91. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £76. Patron, the Prebendary of North Newnton. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | North Newnton CP/AP Pewsey RegD/PLU Wiltshire AncC |
| Place names: | NEWNTON | NEWNTON NORTH | NORTH NEWNTON |
| Place: | North Newnton |
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