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NEWTOWNARDS (pron. Newtondrds)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 594 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEWTOWNARDS (pron. Newtondrds) , a See also:market See also:town of Co. Down, See also:Ireland, beautifully situated near the See also:northern extremity of See also:Strangford Lough, on a See also:branch of the See also:Belfast and Co. Down railway, 91 M. E. of Belfast. Pop. (1901) 9110. The town is sheltered by the Scrabo Hills on the See also:west and See also:north, and possesses a See also:fine square, in which the See also:pedestal of an See also:ancient See also:cross was erected in 1636. See also:Muslin See also:embroidery is the See also:principal See also:industry. There are also See also:mills for See also:flax and See also:hemp yarns, a See also:weaving factory and a See also:hosiery factory. The remains of the old See also:church, originally erected in 1244, contain. See also:good Perpendicular See also:work, and the See also:family vault of the Londonderrys; there are also the See also:parish church and Presbyterian church, with lofty See also:spires, and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:chapel. In the neighbourhood there are freestone quarries.

The town owes its origin to a Dominican monastery founded in 1244 by See also:

Walter de See also:Burgh. It was forfeited by the O'Neills, and given to the Hamiltons and Montgomeries, from whom it passed to the See also:marquess of See also:Londonderry. It received a See also:charter from See also:James I., and until the See also:Union in 1800 returned two members to See also:parliament.' The ruined See also:abbey of Moville, r k m. N.E., is the most notable of the many ecclesiastical remains in the neighbourhood. It is attributed to St Finian (c. 550).

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