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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newham like this:
NEWHAM, a township in Bambrough parish, Northumberland; on the North eastern railway, 5½ miles S E of Belford. It has a station on the railway . Acres, 2, 568. Pop., 328. Houses, 57. The manor belongs to the Duke of Northumberland.
Newham is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newham in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9558
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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