Newton Arlosh or Long Newton, Cumberland
Historical Description
Newton Arlosh or Long Newton, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Holme Cultram parish, Cumberland. The village stands near Moricambe Bay on the Solway Firth, 2½ miles from Kirkbride station on the North British railway; was once a market-town, and has remains of a fortified church, built in 1309, and rebuilt in 1843-45. It was restored in 1876 and again in 1894. The ecclesiastical parish is conterminate with East Waver Holme township. Post town, Silloth; money order and telegraph office, Kirkbride. Population, 421. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £203 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Holme Cultram.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Cumberland | |
| Civil parish | Holme Cultram | |
| Poor Law union | Wigton | |
| Ward | Allerdale below Derwent |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Newton Arlosh or Long Newton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Newton-Arlosh)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.