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Newstead, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Newstead, formerly an extra-parochial tract in Lincolnshire, is now a parish in Glanford Brigg union, on the river Ancholme, 1½ mile S of Glanford Brigg. Acreage, 477; population, 40. A Gilbertine priory was founded here by Henry III. The crypt of the chapter-house still remains, and is in a fair state of preservation.

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 CountyLincolnshire 
Poor Law unionGlandford-Brigg 
WapentakeYarborough 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Newstead from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Newstead are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

DistrictSouth Kesteven
CountyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE9
Post TownStamford

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