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Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

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WOLD NEWTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"WOLD NEWTON, a parish in the wapentake of Dickering, East Riding county York, 8 miles N.W. of Bridlington, and 11 N.E. of Great Driffield. It was anciently a chapelry within the parish of Hunmanby. The surface is diversified by hill and dale, and the soil fertile, though gravelly. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1772. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of York, value £118. The church is an ancient structure, but was thoroughly repaired in 1839. There is a place of worship 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.""

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013