NEWBROUGH, or Newburgh, a township in Coxwold parish, N. R. Yorkshire; near Crake Castle, 4¼ miles N N E of Easingwold. Acres, 2, 313. Real property, 2, 983. Pop., 138. Houses, 22. An Augustinian canonry was founded here, in 1145, by Roger de Mowbray; and had, at the dissolution, a revenue estimated at £458. William de Newburgh, the historian, was one of the canons. Newburgh Park mansion occupies the site of the canonry; includes a portion of theancient buildings; belonged to the Fauconbergs; passed to the Wombwells through the second daughter of the last Earl Fauconberg; belongs now to Sir G. O. Wombwell, Bart.; was frequently visited by Sterne, while incumbent of Coxwold; contains some interesting relics of Cromwell, some other curiosities, and some good familyportraits; and stands in a finely wooded park.

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