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township of Weeton, parish of Hare-
wood, wapentake of Claro,
4 miles E.
from Otley.

Newby, W. R. (4) a township in
the parish of Clapham, wapentake of
Ewcross, 7 miles N.W. from Settle;
inhabitants, 45.

Newby Cote, W. R. (4) a hamlet
in the township of Ingleton, parish of
Clapham, wapentake of Ewcross,
8
miles N. W. from Settle.

Newby, W. R. (5) a township with
Mulwith, parish of Ripon, wapentake
of Claro, 3 miles S. W. from Ripon;
inhabitants,
52. Newby Hall, the seat
of Lord Grantham, is a brick house,
situated on the bank of the Ure, built
in the year 1760, by Sir Thos. Blackett,
Bart., after a design, it is said, of Sir
Christopher Wren; the wings were
built by the late Mr. Weddell, who
purchased the estate from the Blackett
family; one of them contains the gal-
lery, exhibiting, perhaps, the best pri-
vate collection of ancient sculpture in
the kingdom, amongst which the statue
called the Barbarini Venus, is the chief
ornament. On the decease of William
Weddell, Esq., in
1792, the estate de-
volved to the father of the present no-
ble proprietor.

Newby Wiske, N.R. (2) a town-
ship in the parish of Kirkby Wiske,
wapentake of Gilling East, 5 miles S.
from Northallerton; inhabitants, 265.
This place takes its name from the river
Wiske, over which it has a good stone
bridge of five arches. Newby Hall is
the seat of John Armitage, Esq.

Newby Park, N. R. (5). See
Rainton.

Newfield Green, W. R. (8) a
hamlet in the township of Nether Hal-
lam, parish of Sheffield, wapentake of
Strafforth and Tickhill, 2§ miles S.
from Sheffield.

New Forest, N. R. (1) a town-
ship in the parish of Kirkby Ravens-
worth, wapentake of Gilling West, 4
miles N. from Reeth; inhabitants, 73.

New Grange, W. R. (5). See
Headingley.

New Hall, W. R. (4) a township
with Clifton, in the parish of Otley,
wapentake of Claro, 1 mile W. from
Otley; inhabitants, 208. Here is an
ancient mansion, now in a decayed
state, formerly the seat of Edward Fair-
fax, Esq., the translator of Tasso, who
died here, 1632.

New Hall, W. R. (8) a small
hamlet in the township and parish of
Pontefract, wapentake of Osgoldcross,
1 mile N. from Pontefract. Here was
a mansion, supposed to have been
erected by a branch of the Talbot fa-
mily, in 1591; it is now little more
than a ruin.

New Hall, W. R. (8) a hamlet in
the township of Shitlington, parish of
Thornhill, wapentake of Agbrigg, 4
miles S. from Dewsbury.

New Hall, W. R. (8) a small
hamlet in the township and parish of
Darfield, wapentake of Strafforth and
Tickhill, 3 miles E. from Barnsley.

New Hall, W. R. (8). See Bright-
side Bierlow.

New Hall, W. R. (5). See Mid-
dleton in Roth well.

Newham, N.R. (2) a hamlet in the
township and parish of Marton, wapen-
take of Langbarugh, 5 miles
N. from
Stokesley.

New Hill, W. R. (8) a hamlet in
the township of Brampton Bierlow, pa-
rish of Wath upon Dearn, wapentake
of Strafforth and Tickhill, 5 miles
N.
from Rotherham.

New Holme, N. R. (3) a township
with Ehmsley, parish of Whitby, wa-
pentake of Whitby Strand, 2§ miles
N. W. from Whitby; inhabitants, 259.
In this township is Raithwaite, the seat
of I. Hunter, Esq.

New House, W. R. (4) a small
hamlet in the township of Easington,
parish of Slaidburn, wapentake of Stain-
cliffe,
8 miles S. W. from Settle.

New Houses, W. R. (4) a hamlet







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