Newton Morrell

Newton Morrell
Newton Morrell
Newton Morrell shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference NZ240094
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Richmond
Postcode district DL10 6
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber

Newton Morrell is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is 6 miles (9 km) from Darlington and 2 miles (3 km) from Junction 56 on the A1(M) motorway[1] and 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Richmond.[2]

The village was described in the Domesday Book as belong to Count Alan and in the manor of Gilling.[3] The name of the village derives from a combination of Old English (nīwe tūn) and a family surname of Morrell (from Old French meaning "dark and husky").[4]

At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish was less than 100. Information regarding this population is included in the parish of Cleasby. The village is very near Barton and Stapleton.[5]

Just to the south of the village is what has been designated as a medieval shrunken village. Earthworks are also present at this site.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "304" (Map). Darlington & Richmond. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319245569.
  2. ↑ "History of Newton Morrell, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Newton [Morrell] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 342. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. ↑ "Newton Morrell". newtonmorrell.wordpress.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "NEWTON MORRELL (23566)". PastScape. Retrieved 20 February 2018.


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