Newton-Stewart, one of the most beautifully situated among the smaller towns of Scotland, on the Wigtownshire side of the river Cree, near its mouth, by rail 50 miles W. of Dumfries and 24 E. of Stranraer. It owes its name to a son of the Earl of Galloway, who obtained a charter making it a burgh of barony in 1677. Manufacturing enterprises have hitherto proved unsuccessful. Its buildings are a fine town-hall (1884) and an endowed school, the Ewart Institute (1864). Pop. (1841) 2432; (1881) 3070; (1891) 2732.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 481
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