Newton Morrell

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townRichmondPostcode districtDL10PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

54°28′48″N 1°37′50″W / 54.47993°N 1.6306°W / 54.47993; -1.6306

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

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