Newtown
Other OS name in the Parish of Lowther
Historical Forms
- the New towne 1709 PR(Ask)
- Lowther New Town 1741,1762 PR
- Lowther New Village, the New Village 1769 1783 PR(Ask)
- Newton 1859 OS
Etymology
, 1823 M , the New towne 1709 PR(Ask),Lowther New Town 1741, 1762 PR, Lowther New Village , the New Village 1769 ib, 1783 PR(Ask), Newton 1859OS , described in 1770Young as ' the new town of Lowther where Sir James [ Lowther ] is building a town to consist of 300 houses for the use of such of his domesticks and other people , as are married ' ; a carpet factory had been established here in the 18th century ( PR ( L ) preface ) .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Horseholme Wood
- Jack Croft
- Lowther Castle
- Park Ho
- Round Hill
- Andrew's Loom
- Ashley Moor
- Baxter Rash
- Brackenhill Wood
- Buckholme Wood
- Burnbank Dubbs
- Burtree Bank & Scar
- Butts Sike
- Carterhow Wood
- Castlesteads
- Cragside Wood
- Croftgrime
- Decoy Hag & Pond
- Greatholme Plant
- Greenriggs Sike
- Hackthorpe Hall
- Hag Well
- In Scar
- Long Cairn
- Low Moor
- Lowther Park
- Morris Brow
- Peg Huck Well
- The Rash
- Rowlandfield Plant., Rowland's Lum
- Scar Plant
- Short Wood
- Skellands Pond
- Trainford Brow
- Warrengill Plant
- Waterfalls Road
- Whale Beck
- Whale Crag
- Whalemoor