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Rh NEWTON, WEST. NEWTOWN. formed part of tin old castle in the neighbourhood. Charles Joliffe, Esq., is lord of the manor. NEWTON, WEST, a par. in the hund. of Freebridge- Lynn, co. Norfolk, 7 miles N. by E. of Lynn. The vil- lage is situated on an acclivity. There is a considerable brewery. About a third of the surface is arable, a like proportion in meadow and pasture, and the remainder Bheep-walks and rabbit warrens. The soil is sandy, upon a subsoil of chalk, carrstone, and gravel. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 160. About 280 acres of common were inclosed in 1806. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 178. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is an ancient structure with an embattled tower, containing one bell, and was formerly of larger dimensions than at present. NEWTON, WEST, a tnshp. in the par. of Kirk New- ton, W. div. of Glendale ward, co. Northumberland, 6 miles N.W. of Wooler. It is situated on the river Glen, and it contains Canna-Mill. The Earl of Tanker- ville is lord of the manor. NEWTON, WEST, a tnshp. in the par. of Ald- brough, middle div. of the wap. of .Holderness, East Riding co. York, 4J miles W. of Aldbrough, 8 N.E. of Hedon, and 9J N.E. of Hull. The village, which is inconsiderable, and entirely agricultural, is situated on the coast. Here was a hospital, founded prior to 1179 by William Earl of Albemarle. NEWTON WITH BIGGIN, a tnshp. in the par. of Clifton-upon-Dunsmoor, Eugby div. of the hund. -of Knightlow, co. Warwick, 1J mile N. of Clifton-upon- Duusmoor, and 3 miles N.E. of Eugby. It is situated near the river Avon and the viaduct of the London and North- Western railway. Edward Cave, the first editor of the Gentleman's Magazine, was born here in 1691. NEWTON WITH DEANLANE, a district in the par. of Hundley, co. Dorset, 6 miles N.W. of Cranborne. NEWTON WITH EDGBOLD, a tnshp. in the par. of Meole-Brace, co. Salop, 6 miles N. of Shrewsbury. NEWTON WITH LARTON, a tnshp. in the par. of West Kirby, lower div. of the hund. of Wirrall, co. Chester, 8 miles N.W. of Great Neston. NEWTON WITH NORTHWAY, a tythg. in the par. of Ashchurch, lower div. of the hund. of Tewkes- bury, co. Gloucester, 2 miles E. of Tewkesbury. NEWTON WITH OTELEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Ellesmere, co. Salop, 2 miles E. of Ellesmere. NEWTON-WITH-SCALES, a tnshp. in the par. of Kirkham, hund. of Amounderness, co. Lancaster, 1 mile S.E. of Kirkham, and 7 miles W. of Preston. It is a small straggling village, situated near the Fylde-road, from Kirkham to Preston. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. This tnshp. is in conjunction with Clifton-with-Salwivick. The inhabitants frequent the small chapel of Lund. There is a blue-coat school, founded in 1707 by John Hornby, for the maintenance, clothing, and education of boys of this township, the annual income of which now amounts to about 700. NEWTON WITH STOKE, a tnshp. in the par. of Stokesay, co. Salop, 6 miles N.W. of Ludlow. NEWTON-WOLD, a par. in the wap. of Dickering, East Riding co. York, 8 miles N.W. of Bridlington, and 11 N.E. of Great Driffield. It was anciently a chplry. within the par. of Hunmanby. The surface is diversified by hill and dale, and the soil fer- tile, though gravelly. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1772. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of York, yal. 118. The church is an ancient structure, but was thoroughly repaired in 1839. There is a place of wor- ship for Wesleyans. The National school house was built in 1832, and endowed with 20 per annum by Abraham Rhodes. In the neighbourhood is a clear and copious spring, called the " Gipsey Spring." NEWTON WOLD. See NEWTON-LE-WOLD, co. Lincoln. NEWTON-WOLVES, a par. in the hund. of Tipper Ragland, co. Monmouth, 6 miles N.W. of Chepstow. The village is small and chiefly agricultural. The soil is fertile and well cultivated. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Llandaff, val. 190. NEWTON-WOOD, a par. in the hund. of Willy- brook, co. Northampton, 4 miles N. of Oundle, and 5 S.W. of Wansford, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on a branch of the river Nen, and on the road from King's Cleft to Oundle. The houses are in general built of stone, which gives the place a substantial appearance. The soil is rich and fertile, on a substratum of oolite rock, which is quarried for building purposes. ' Part of the land is in market gardens, for the supply of the Leicester markets with vegetables. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 80, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. NEWTOWN, a hund. in the co. of Montgomery, containing the pars, of Aberhafesp, Bettws, Llandyssil, Llanllugan, Llanllwchaiam, Llanmerewig, Llanwyddc- lan, Manafon, Newtown, Tregynon, and part of Berriew. NEWTOWN, or TRE' NEWYDD, a par., market town and newly-created borough, in the above hund., co. Montgomery, 9J miles from Welshpool, 7 from Mont- gomery, and 29^ from Oswestry, by the Cambrian rail- way, on which it is a station. It is situated in a fertile vale on the banks of the river Severn, by which it is nearly surrounded, and which is here crossed by a bridge of three arches. The direct road from Welshpool to Aberystwith passes through the town, and the Mont- gomery canal is within a short distance. It was formerly called Llanfair Ynghedrevain, or St. Mary's, in the can- tref of Cydewain, and was then only a small village. It is now a modern manufacturing town, consisting of several streets, and containing about 6,000 inhabi- tants. The houses are mostly timber, framed with lath and plaster facings, like the buildings of Llanidloes. It has been considerably extended during late years, and contains upwards of fifty factories, chiefly for fine flan- nels, but its prosperity is not considered proportionate to its advantages of position, owing chiefly, as is said, to the popular objections to machinery in lieu of hand- weaving in this part of Wales. It contains a new flannel hall, erected at a cost of 4,000, in 1832, when the market was removed from Welshpool, also a post-office, and a plain brick townhall, but has no corporation. The National Provincial bank of England, and the North and South Wales bank, have branch offices in the town. Machinery of every description is made, and there are foundries, potteries, malt-kilns, tanneries, wharfs, and lime-kilns. Petty sessions for the hun- dred, and the winter assizes, are held at Newtown, which has been made a contributory borough with Montgomery, in the return of a member to parlia- ment. The Newtown and Llanidloes Poor-law Union comprises seventeen parishes. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of St. Asaph, val. 406, in the patron, of the bishop. The old church, situated nearly in the centre of the town, is a venerable structure, dedicated to St. Idloes. It consists of a nave and chancelj with an aisle of equal breadth on the south side, divided from the main body by a wooden arcade of eight bays, but is now fast falling to decay. Pugh says, the walls in his time were covered with small cards in lackered frames, con- taining portions of Scripture, and from the roof were suspended several old knights' mantles upon poles. It formerly possessed an altar-piece of the Last Supper, painted and presented by the poet Dyer ; also a re- markable rood-screen, enriched with carving, gold, and colour. The antique font and screen are of most curious workmanship, said to have been brought from the Abbey of Cwmhir, in Radnorshire, and have been recently removed to the new church, which was built in 1847. There are places of worship for the Inde- pendents, Baptists, and Wesleyan Methodists, also Na- tional and other schools. The charities produce about 25 per annum. A little distance from the town is Newtown Hall, formerly the seat of the Pryscs, sur- rounded by a park. Sir John Pryse, the last of this family, married three wives. The first two embalmed