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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newtown like this:
NEWTOWN, a township in Rothbury parish, Northumberland; 7 miles S W of Alnwick. Acres, 951. Pop., 62. Houses, 10. The property belongs to the Duke of Northumberland.
Newtown is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newtown itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newtown in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9570
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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