In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wold Newton like this:
NEWTON-LE-WOLD, Newton-upon-the-Wolds, or Wold-Newton, a village and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln. The village stands in a valley of the Wolds, 4 miles W by S of Thoresby r. station, and 8½ S S W of Great Grimsby; and has a post-office under Grimsby. The parish comprises 2,060 acres. ...
Real property, £2, 981. Pop., 189. Houses, 31. The manor belongs to the Earl of Yarborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £476.* Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church stands on an eminence, was rebuilt in 1862, and is in the early English style. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and a national school.
Wold Newton through time
Wold Newton is now part of North East Lincolnshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North East Lincolnshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wold Newton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wold Newton in North East Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13343
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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