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NEWTON (North), a chapelry in North Petherton parish, Somerset; on the Taunton canal, near the Bristoland Exeter railway, 3½ miles S E of Bridgewater r. station. Post-town, Bridgewater. Real property and pop., returned with the parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £70. Patron, Sir T. D. Acland, Bart.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | North Petherton Parish Somerset Ancient County |
| Place names: | NEWTON | NEWTON NORTH | NORTH NEWTON |
| Place: | North Newton |
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