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Newstead

Village in Nottinghamshire, England, 14 km/9 mi north of Nottingham, situated in Sherwood Forest; population (2001) 2,100. A colliery lies within the village. Newstead Abbey, founded by Henry II in the 12th century, was granted by Henry VIII to the Byron family, who held it until 1818 when the 6th Lord Byron (the poet) sold it. The house and gardens have since been restored.

Newstead

Village in Scottish Borders unitary authority, Scotland, situated on the River Tweed, 2 km/1 mi east of Melrose. The remains of a series of Roman forts, the first built by Agricola's troops, have been excavated nearby. The site was named Trimontium (‘three mountains’) after the triple peaks of the neighbouring Eildon Hills.

Finds have included armour, weapons, altar stones, and coins. A monument now marks the area.



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Byron struggled to live on 130 pounds a year, in Newstead Abbey, near Nottingham, there lived a queer, half-mad, old grand-uncle, who had earned for himself the name of "the wicked lord.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
They traveled in the forest for several miles without meeting anyone such as they sought, until they had come to that part of the road that lay nearest to Newstead Abbey.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
He was now settled at his inherited estate of Newstead Abbey (one of the religious foundations given to members of the nobility by Henry VIII when he confiscated them from the Church), and had made his appearance in his hereditary place in the House of Lords; but following his instinct for excitement and for doing the expensively conspicuous thing he next spent two years on a European tour, through Spain, Greece, and Turkey.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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