Newland with Woodhouse Moor is a

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in the

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, consisting of some open countryside west of Normanton, including Newland Hall. The records of the Newlands estate go back 900 years, and indicate that it was established in 1213 by King John I as a community of the

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, and subsequently fell to the

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, who maintained a preceptory there. Newland was only one of two preceptories in West Yorkshire, the other being that of the Knights Templar at

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, and the only one established by the Knights Hospitaller. Newland Cross from the Newlands Estate

Early in its history, the preceptory was the beneficiary of the largesse of a powerful patron, Roger Le Peytevin, lord of the manor of nearby

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. Later, the longtime lords of the manor were the

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family, who also had ties to nearby Normanton as well as to the chivalric order. On 2 October 1447, William Lyvett (Levett) was admitted tenant to the Knights Hospitaller at Newland and

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of the Hospitallers' community there. At the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries,

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dissolved the Newland preceptory and confiscated the property. It was subsequently sold to a member of the Bunny family of Newton. Later, the Silvester family purchased the estate, and in 1740 built Newland Hall as its principal residence. The 54-room Hall was demolished in 1917. The farm buildings belonging to the former ''Newland Hall'' are Grade II listed buildings, as is the old stable block associated with the property, and which once carried the cross of the Knights Hospitaller. The 2001 census recorded a population of zero for the parish, which was once an

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. As of a 2011 survey created by the British government, the parish now reports inhabitants. Newland Hall

References

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