Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Nawton

Nawton, townshp and vil. with ry. sta., Kirkdale par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 2½ miles N. of Kirkby Moorside, 1216 ac., pop. 350; P.O.; on rising ground, in vicinity of vil., stands the castellated mansion of Nawton Tower.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Kirkdale AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Nawton

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