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Newtown is an area of the town of
Newtown is an area of the town of New Mills
New Mills is a town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, south-east of Stockport and from Manchester at the confluence of the River Goyt and Sett. It is close to the border with Cheshire and above the Torrs, a deep gorge cut t ...
in the High Peak borough of Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
, England. It is situated west of New Mills proper, on the road to Disley
Disley is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is located on the edge of the Peak District in the Goyt valley, south of Stockport and close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills. The population at the 2011 Census ...
. The county boundary between Cheshire and Derbyshire divides the area between the two counties. It entirely originally formed part of the parish of Disley and the county of Cheshire, and most of it became part of Derbyshire under the Local Government Act 1888
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and a separate civil parish under the name 'Newtown'. The civil parish survived until 1934 when it was added to New Mills parish.Youngs, Guide to Local Administrative Units of England, Volume 2
Newtown is the site of New Mills Newtown railway station
New Mills Newtown railway station serves the Peak District town of New Mills in Derbyshire, England. The station is south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester to Buxton line. It also serves as an interchange with the Hope Valley Lin ...
, which serves the town.
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