Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWTON-CAP

NEWTON-CAP, a township in Auckland, St. Andrew parish, Durham; on the river Wear, ½ a mile N W of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 939. Real property, £2, 159. Pop. in 1851, 280; in 1861, 404. Houses, 86. Newton Hall is the seat of W. Russell, Esq.


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

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: County Durham Ancient County
Place: Newton Cap

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