Newt-own.—parl. bor., market town, and par., Mont-
gomeryshire, on river Severn, 74 miles SW. of Mont-
gomery and 188 from London by rail—town and par.,
2736 ac., pop. 4279; bor. (comprising Newtown par.,
and part of Llanllwchaiarn par.), 6836 ac., pop. 6974;
P.O., T.o., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Tuesday
and Saturday. Tre-Newydd is the Welsh name of the
town, which is the chief seat of the Welsh flannel mfr.,
a trade which has fallen off considerably in the district,
and is being superseded by mfrs. of tweeds, shawls, &c.
Newtown is one of the Montgomery District of Parlia-
mentary Boroughs, which returns 1 member.—2. New-
town, vil., Calbourne par., and eccl. dist., partly also
in Shalfleet par., Isle of Wight—dist., pop. 356; the
vil. is on Newtown Bay, 1 mile SW. of the Solent and
4 miles B. of Yarmouth ; it is an ancient place, was at
one time a town of some importance, and from the
time of Elizabeth till 1832 sent 2 members to Parlia-
ment.—3. Newtown, hamlet, Dunton par., Bedford-
shire, 2 miles E. of Biggleswade.—4. Newtown, hamlet,
in par. and 3 miles NE. of Hungerford, Berks.—5.
Newtown, vil., Irthington par., Cumberland, 2 miles
NW. of Brampton.—6. Newtown, hamlet, 54 miles
W. of Wimborne, Dorset.—7. Newtown, 2 miles from
Poole, Dorset; P.O.—8. Newtown, hamlet, Handley
par., Dorset, 74 miles NW. of Cranborne.—9. New-
town, Hants, 2 miles SE. of Newbury; P.O. See New-
town near Newbury. —10. Newtown, eccl. dist.,
Southampton St Mary and South Stoneham pars.,
Hants, on E. side of Southampton, pop. 7630.—II.
Newtown, vil., Soberton par., and eccl. dist., partly
also in Hambleton par., Hants—dist., pop. 567; the
vil. is 3 miles E. of Bishops Waltham.—12. Newtown,
34 miles from Christchurch, Hants ; P.O.—13. New-
town, hamlet, in co. and 4 miles SE. of Hereford.
—14. Newtown, hamlet, Eccles par., SE. Lancashire,
3 miles NE. of Worsley.—15. Newtown, in NW. of
Monmouthshire, at head of Ebbw vale, 1 mile from
Ebbw Yale sta.; P.O.—16. Newtown, township, Chil-
lingham par., Northumberland, 34 miles SE. of Wooler,
1132 ac., pop. 69.—17. Newtown, township, Rothbury
par., Northumberland, 7 miles SAV. of Alnwick, 925 ac.,
pop. 42.—18. Newtown, eccl. dist. and vil., AVempar.,
Shropshire—dist., pop. 382; the vil. is 6 miles SE. of
Ellesmere. —19. Newtown, par., Sussex, within the
bor. of Chichester, 5 ac., pop. 157.—20. Newtown,
hamlet, Durnford par., Wilts, 3 miles N. of Salisbury.
—21. Newtown, hamlet, Hilton and Stainton pars.,
North-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles E. of Yarm. — 22.
Newtown, eccl. dist., Leeds par. and bor., AA⁷est-Riding
Yorkshire, pop. 7338.

Newtown.—vil., in par. and near Borrowstouness,
Linlithgowshire, pop. 671.—2. Newtown, Roxburgh-
shire. See Newtown St Boswells. — 3. Newtown,
hamlet, Fintry par., mid. Stirlingshire, 5 miles SE. of
Balfron.

Newtown.—vil., Shandrum par., NW. co. Cork, 5
miles W. of Charleville, pop. 144; P.O.—2. Newtown,
vil., adjacent to Queenstown, S. co. Cork, pop. 108.—

3. Newtown, vil., co. Down. See Seapatrick.—4.
Newtown, hamlet, 3 miles SAY. of Banagher, AV. King’s
co.—5. Newtown, par., N. co. Meath, 3 miles N. of
Kells, 1103 ac., pop. 105.—6. Newtown, 4 miles from
Nenagh, N. co. Tipperary; P.O.—7. Newtown, par., co.
AA'estmeath, 10,250 ac., pop. 1646; contains Tyrrelspass.

Newtown Barry; P.O., T.O. See Newtownbarry.

Newtown Belle w, vil., Moy lough par., N. co. Gal-
way, 3 miles NW. of Mount Bellew and 9 miles NE. of
Ballyglunin ry. sta., pop. 202.

Newtown Sutler, vil. with ry. sta., Galloon par.,
S. co. Fermanagh, 5 miles AV. of Clones, pop. 421; P.O.,
T.O., IBank. Market-day, Tuesday. Newtown Butler
gives the title of baron to the family of Butler, Earls of
Lanesborough, who had the manor.

Newtown Casliel, 8 miles fromBallymahon, co. Long-
ford ; P.O.

Newtown Crommclin, par. and vil., co. Antrim, 10
miles N. of Ballymena—par., 3448 ac., pop. 1003; vil.,
pop. 182; P.O.

Newtown Cunningham, vil. with ry. sta., Allsaints
par., E. co. Donegal, on Lough Swilly, 9 miles W. of
Londonderry by road, pop. 162; P.O.

Newtown Dillon, vil., co. Mayo. See Charlestown.