Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWARK

NEWARK, a hamlet in Peterborough, St. John the Baptist parish, Northampton; within Peterboroughborough, but 1½ mile N E by E of Peterborough town. Pop., 307. Houses, 59. The land is flat, and mostlyarable. A chapel, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, formerlywas here.


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

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Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Northamptonshire Ancient County
Place: Newark

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