NEWBOROUGH, a township in the parish of
COXWOLD, wapentake of BIRDFORTH, North riding of
the county of YORK, 8 miles (S. W.) from Helmsley,
containing, with the extra-parochial district of Morton,
162 inhabitants. A priory of Black canons, in honour
of St. Mary, was founded here, in 1145, by Roger de
Mowbray, which, at the dissolution, had a revenue
of £457. 13. 5. William de Newburgh, the celebrated
monkish historian, was a member of this establishment.