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Newton with Scales, Lancashire

Historical Description

Newton, a township, conjoint, with Scales, in Kirkham parish, Lancashire, on the river Ribble, and adjacent to the Preston and Wyre railway, 1½ mile ESE of Kirkham. Post town, Kirkham. Acreage, 1244, and 279 of water; population, 231. A Blue-coat school, for maintaining, clothing, and educating poor native boys and girls, was founded hera in 1707 by John Hornbie, was rebuilt in 1864, and has an endowed income of about £600, administered by trustees. It is now conducted as a higher grade public elementary school to the district.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLancashire 
Civil parishKirkham 
HundredAmounderness 
Poor Law unionthe Fylde 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Newton with Scales from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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CountyLancashire

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