Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWSOM, or Newsam

NEWSOM, or Newsam, a township in Eaglescliff parish, Durham; on the river Tees, at the boundary with Yorkshire, and opposite Yarm. Acres, 1,054. Pop., 50. Houses, 7. It formerly had a chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place names: NEWSAM     |     NEWSOM     |     NEWSOM OR NEWSAM
Place: Newsham

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