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Newburn Hall Township, 1848
NEWBURN-HALL, a township, in the parish of Newburn, union and W. division of Castle ward, S. division of Northumberland; containing 665 inhabitants. The name is derived from an old mansion, now converted into a farmhouse, and the walls of which are in some places nearly seven feet thick. In this township, which comprises 741 acres, are the eastern suburb of Newburn, and the greater part of the village of Lemington.
Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
Newburn Hall became a Civil Parish following the 1866 Poor Law Amendment Act. In 1931 Census the parish was recorded as having an area of 711 acres, and a population of 3,421. Newburn Hall Civil Parish was abolished in April 1935 and became part of Newburn Civil Parish. Newburn Civil Parish / Newburn Urban District, along with other areas, became part of the metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne in April , 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972. The area is now unparished.
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