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Newstead Priory, par. and ry. sta. (Newstead), Notts, 6 miles S. of Mansfield, 3258 ac., pop. 967; P.O., called Newstead Colliery. Newstead Abbey (1170) was given to the Byrons in 1540, was garrisoned a century later for Charles I., and is notable for its association with the poet Byron.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Newstead Parish Nottinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | NEWSTEAD COLLIERY | NEWSTEAD PRIORY |
| Place: | Newstead |
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