Newtoun Stewart

Newtoun Stewart (Gd: Baile Ùr nan Stiùbhartach) is an umwhile burgh toun in Dumfries an Gallowa, soothwast Scotland. The toun is on the River Cree wi maist o the toun til the wast o the river, an is whiles refert tae as "the port til the Gallowa Hills".

Newton Stewart Scots Gaelic: Baile Ùr nan Stiùbhartach
The River Cree wi Newtoun Stewart ayont
Newton Stewart Location within Dumfries an Gallowa
Population	4,092 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	NX405655
Cooncil area	Dumfries an Gallowa
Lieutenancy area	Wigtounshire
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	NEWTON STEWART
Postcode destrict	DG8
Diallin code	01671
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Dumfries an Gallowa
Scots Pairlament	Gallowa an Wast Dumfries

The main local industries is agricultur, forestry, an tourism. The toun hosts a local mercat, an a nummer o services tae attend til the fermin industry. Thair are mony muntain bikin trails in the aurie. Newtoun Stewart lies on the soothren edge o the Gallowa Forest Pairk that supplies muckle wark til the toun.

Newtown Stewart F.C., eikname't "the Creesiders" play in the Sooth o Scotland league, thair grund is cried Blairmount Park.

Tourism

The're a rowth o nature trails nearby as pairt o the Galloway Forest Pairk, managed on behauf o the state bi Forestry England. The're a local museum at St John's Kirk, a dall's hoose exheebeetion, an a butterflee an tropical plant hoose nearby. The last twa is no langer appen for veesitors. Newtoun Stewart is 7 mile fae Scotlands beuk toon Wigtoun.

History

The toun wis foondit in the mid 17t century bi William Stewart, the fowert and youngest son o the 2t Yerl o Gallowa. The "New Toun o Stewart" wis grantit burgh status bi chairter fae Keeng Charles II, allouin a weekly mercat an twa annual fairs tae be hauden.

It wis on pilgrimage til the shrine o Saunt Ringan at Whithorn in 1329 that Robert the Bruce fuirdit the river whaur the praisent brig staunds. Designt bi John Rennie the Elder an built in 1813 the praisent brig replace't the auld brig o 1745 that wis malafoustert bi fluids in 1806.

The industrialist Sir William Douglas, 1t Baronet (dee'd 1809), best kent for foondin the planned toun o Castle Douglas, estaiblished cotton mills in Newtoun Stewart an aw, that wis rename't "Newtoun Douglas" in his honour bit suin revertit tae Newtoun Stewart.

Transport

The A75 road rins alang the soothren edge o the toun, an connects the toun tae Stranrawer in the wast an Dumfries in the east. Public transport in an aroond the toun an tae places in Sooth Ayrshire an Dumfries and Gallowa is mainly providit bi Stagecoach Western.

Newtoun Stewart's railwey station wis on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway an closed in 1965 as an upshot o the Beeching Aix. The nearest railwey stations is at Stranrawer an Barrhill that is respective 25 mile and 18.5 mile awa fae Newtoun Stewart.

Eddication

Newtoun Stewart his three primary schuils:

• Penninghame
• Minnigaff
• St Ninian's RC

The toun his ae seicontary schuil, the Douglas Ewart High School.

Media

The horror pictur The Wicker Man, set on the preevat-awnt Scots island o Summerisle, wis filmt awmaist enteerly (some appenin scenes wis filmt in Plockton, Wester Ross an aw) on location aroond Newtoun Strewart, an hid its premiere at its cinema in 1972.

Namely fowk

Bill Drummond (born 1953) - airtist an muisicker o the KLF an K Foundation growed up in the toon

Ian Gibson (1943-2016) - Scots unner-23 international fitbawer, played for Middlesbrough F.C., Coventry City F.C., Cardiff City F.C., an ither teams.

William Wither McClelland FRSE (1889-1968) - eddicationalist, professor o eddication at Varsity o Saunt Andras.