Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWSTEAD

NEWSTEAD, an extra-parochial tract in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln; on the river Ancholme, 1 mile S of Glanford-Brigg. Pop., 53. Houses, 8. A Gilbertine priory was founded here by Henry III.


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

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Feature Description: "an extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union/Registration District       Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place: Newstead

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