Newton-in-Furness
Encyclopedia
Newton is a small village in the English
county of Cumbria
. It is located on the Furness
peninsula north-east of the port of Barrow-in-Furness
and south of the town of Dalton-in-Furness
.
Newton was listed in the Domesday Book
as being one of the vills or townships forming the Manor of Hougun which was held by Earl Tostig.
Sky News Presenter Steve Dixon (newsreader)
was born in the village, as was Richard T. Slone
, an award winning painter. Both were in the same year at school and were educated firstly in Newton and then in Dalton-in-Furness
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
. It is located on the Furness
Furness
Furness is a peninsula in south Cumbria, England. At its widest extent, it is considered to cover the whole of North Lonsdale, that part of the Lonsdale hundred that is an exclave of the historic county of Lancashire, lying to the north of Morecambe Bay....
peninsula north-east of the port of Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...
and south of the town of Dalton-in-Furness
Dalton-in-Furness
Dalton-in-Furness is a small town of 8,394 people, north east of Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, England.-History:Dalton is mentioned in the Domesday Book, written as "Daltune" as one of the townships forming the Manor of Hougun held by Earl Tostig. Historically, it was the capital of Furness...
.
Newton was listed in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
as being one of the vills or townships forming the Manor of Hougun which was held by Earl Tostig.
Sky News Presenter Steve Dixon (newsreader)
Steve Dixon (newsreader)
Stephen Dixon is an English newsreader who currently works for Sky News, presenting the flagship programmes Sky News at Seven and Sky News at Ten every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.-Journalism career:...
was born in the village, as was Richard T. Slone
Richard T. Slone
Richard T. Slone is an English painter.Slone was born in 1974 in Dalton-in-Furness, a northern English town. Slone is self-taught....
, an award winning painter. Both were in the same year at school and were educated firstly in Newton and then in Dalton-in-Furness
Dalton-in-Furness
Dalton-in-Furness is a small town of 8,394 people, north east of Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, England.-History:Dalton is mentioned in the Domesday Book, written as "Daltune" as one of the townships forming the Manor of Hougun held by Earl Tostig. Historically, it was the capital of Furness...
.