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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Newtown contained the following places:"NEWTOWN, a parish in the barony of Lower Kells, county Meath, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N. of Kells, its post town. It is 1½ mile long, and about the same in breadth. The soil is mostly good. The road from Navan to Bailieborough traverses the interior, as also does a tributary to the river Blackwater. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Meath, value with three others, £359, in the patronage of the crown and bishop. The church is old. There is a Roman Catholic chapel and a day school. Newtown House is the chief seat."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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