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 |