NEWBOTTLE, a township in the parish of HOUGHTON
le SPRING, northern division of EASINGTON ward,
county palatine of DURHAM, 8 miles (N. E. by N.) from
Durham, containing 2306 inhabitants, who are principally
employed in the various collieries and potteries
in the vicinity. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. Fifty-seven individuals lost their lives by
an explosion in one of the coal mines in 1815.