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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newsells like this:
NEWSELLS, a hamlet in Barkway parish, Herts; 3¼ miles S E of Royston. It was known at Domesday as Neusala; was held by Eudo Dapifer; passed to the Scaleses and the Chesters, Lords Selsey; and belongs now chiefly to the Hon. Mrs. V. Harcourt. Pop., 155.
Newsells is now part of NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newsells itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Hyde, in Three Rivers and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25207
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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