Newton on the Moor, Northumberland

Historical Description

Newton-on-the Moor, a township, with a village, in Shilbottle parish, Northumberland, about 5½ miles S of Alnwick station on the N.E.R. It has a post office under Felton (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Felton; a Jubilee hall erected in 1887, and a slightly endowed school. Acreage, 939; population, 215. Newton Hall is a chief residence. Limestone abounds, and is quarried. Coal is also worked, and bricks and tiles are made. There is a large ancient camp.

Administration

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

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Newton on the Moor from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Newton-on-the-Moor)

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Newton on the Moor are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online:

• Morpeth Herald
• Berwickshire News and General Advertiser
• The Berwick Advertiser
• Alnwick Mercury
• Illustrated Berwick Journal