Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWSHAM

NEWSHAM, a lordship in Earsdon parish, Northumberland; on the coast, and on the Blyth and Tyne railway, at the junction of the short branch to Blyth, 1¾mile S W of Blyth. It has a station at the railway junction. Pop. in 1851, 524; in 1861, 948. Houses, 188. The increase of pop. was caused by the extension of collieries. The property belonged formerly to the Delavels, the Cramlingtons, and others; and belongs now to Sir M. Ridley, Bart. Bricks and tiles are largely made.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a lordship"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Newsham

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