NEWTON, a township in the parish of EMBLETON,
southern division of BAMBROUGH ward, county of
NORTHUMBERLAND, 10 miles (N. N. E.) from Alnwick,
containing 247 inhabitants, most of whom are employed
in a very productive fishery. There are coal mines in
the neighbourhood, and on sinking a pit, a few years
ago, cockle shells were discovered, eighteen fathoms
below the surface of the earth.