Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWTON

NEWTON, a village in Handley parish, Dorset; 6½ miles N W of Cranborne.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sixpenny Handley Parish       Dorset Ancient County
Place: New Town

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