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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Newtin under Roseberry St Oswald is an Ancient parish in Cleveland in the North Riding of Yorkshire.. <br> | |||
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newton like this: | |||
NEWTON-IN-CLEVELAND, a parish in Guisbrough district, N. R. Yorkshire; near the source of the river Tees; 1½ mile S S W of Pinchingthorpe r. station, and 3 S W of Guisbrough. Post-town, Guisbrough, Yorkshire. Acres, 1, 440. Real property, £1, 100; of which £17 are in quarries. Pop., 122. Houses, 30. Roseberry-Topping here is a pyramidal mountain, 1, 488 feet high; contains a thick stratum of aluminous rock; and commands an extensive view. Blue whinstone, chiefly for road-metal, is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £45. Patron, T. K. Staveley, Esq. The church is ancient; and there is a parochial school.<br><br> | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||