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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described North Newton like this:
NEWTON (North), a chapelry in North Petherton parish, Somerset; on the Taunton canal, near the Bristoland Exeter railway, 3½ miles S E of Bridgewater r. station. Post-town, Bridgewater. Real property and pop., returned with the parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £70. Patron, Sir T. D. Acland, Bart.
North Newton is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about North Newton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of North Newton in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20389
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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