West Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates: 53°49′21″N 0°10′47″W / 53.822511°N 0.179653°W
West Newton is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east of Hull city centre and 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Hornsea.
It forms part of the civil parish of Burton Constable.
History
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Newton like this:
NEWTON (West), a township, with a village, in Aldbrough parish, E. R. Yorkshire; miles N E of Hull. Acres, 778. Real property, £3, 218. Pop., 220. Houses, 30. An hospital was founded here, prior to 1179, by William Earl of Albemarle.
West Newton through time A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing West Newton has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of East Riding of Yorkshire. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering West Newton and units named after it.
References
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11.
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- West Newton in the Domesday Book