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|name=Newtownstewart | |name=Newtownstewart | ||
|county=Tyrone | |county=Tyrone | ||
|picture= | |picture=Newtownstewart, County Tyrone - geograph.org.uk - 988794.jpg | ||
|picture caption= | |picture caption=Main Street in Newtownstewart | ||
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|LG district=Strabane | |latitude=54.71685 | ||
|longitude=-7.3793304 | |||
|population=1,551 | |||
|census year=2011 | |||
|post town=Omagh | |||
|postcode=BT78 | |||
|townland= | |||
|LG district=Derry City and Strabane | |||
|constituency=West Tyrone | |||
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'''Newtownstewart''' is a village in [[Tyrone]]. | '''Newtownstewart''' is a village, and a [[townland]] of 540 acres, in [[Tyrone]]. It is beside the [[River Strule]] below the point where its tributary, the Owenkillew, joins the river. The village is overlooked by hills called [[Bessy Bell and Mary Gray]]. | ||
{{ | The village is in the Barony of [[Strabane Lower]]. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 1,551 people. | ||
==History== | |||
[[File:Newtownstewart Castle (geograph 4791383).jpg|left|thumb|200px|The ruins of Newtownstewart Castle]] | |||
[[File:Barons Court, from, A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1840).jpg|right|thumb|200px|Baronscourt in 1879]] | |||
[[File:Townhall, Newtownstewart - geograph.org.uk - 989726 (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|200px|Newtownstewart Town Hall]] | |||
The townland of Newtownstewart was historically called ''Lislas''. Newtownstewart Castle was built by Sir Robert Newcomen in 1615 as part of the Plantation of Ulster. The castle was acquired by Sir William Stewart when he married Newcommen's second daughter in 1629.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.castles.nl/newtownstewart-castle|title=Newtownstewart Castle|publisher=Castles.nl|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20567512|title=The Castle at Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone|first1=H. |last1=Meek |first2=E. M.|last2=Jope|work=Ulster Journal of Archaeology|volume=21 |year=1958|pages=109–114 |publisher=Ulster Archaeological Society|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref> The castle and town were renamed 'Newtownstewart' by Sir William Stewart after his birthplace. | |||
The former Northern Bank building on the corner was the scene of an infamous murder in 1871 when bank cashier William Glass was robbed of £1,600 and killed. Assistant District Inspector Thomas Hartley Montgomery, of the Royal Irish Constabulary, who was in charge of the investigation, was subsequently tried, convicted, and hanged at Omagh Gaol. | |||
[[Newtownstewart Town Hall]], which was the venue for petty session hearings, was completed in 1880.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/Buildings/buildview.aspx?id=1433&js=false|title=7 Townhall Street, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone (HB10/04/045 B)|publisher=Department for Communities|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref> | |||
===Railway=== | |||
Construction of Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway began in 1845 and reached [[Strabane]] in 1847. By 1852 it had extended to Newtownstewart and [[Omagh]] and its terminus in [[Enniskillen]] was reached in 1854. The company was absorbed into the Great Northern Railway in 1883.<ref>{{cite book | last=Patterson, Edward M| year=1962 |title=The County Donegal Railways | publisher=David and Charles | location=Dawlish| pages=10–11 }}</ref> Newtownstewart railway station opened on 9 May 1852 and finally closed on 15 February 1965.<ref>{{cite web | title=Newtownstewart station | work=Railscot – Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=2007-11-22 | archive-date=26 September 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
===Royal Visit=== | |||
The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) visited the Duke of Abercorn at Baronscourt as part of their Royal Visit to Northern Ireland in 1924.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/the-queen-mum-in-ulster-28276036.html|title=The Queen Mum in Ulster|date=5 July 2008|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref> | |||
==Sport== | |||
*Football: Ardstraw F.C. | |||
*Gaelic sports: Newtownstewart St Eugene's | |||
==Outside links== | |||
{{commons}} | |||
*[http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/PAISN/3-CIST.html Bronze Age burial cist - Newtownstewart] | |||
*[http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/product.aspx?ProductID=3500 Stewart Castle] | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
Latest revision as of 20:35, 5 December 2022
| Newtownstewart | |
| Tyrone | |
|---|---|
 Main Street in Newtownstewart | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | H400856 |
| Location: | 54°43’1"N, 7°22’46"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,551 (2011) |
| Post town: | Omagh |
| Postcode: | BT78 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derry City and Strabane |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
West Tyrone |
Newtownstewart is a village, and a townland of 540 acres, in Tyrone. It is beside the River Strule below the point where its tributary, the Owenkillew, joins the river. The village is overlooked by hills called Bessy Bell and Mary Gray.
The village is in the Barony of Strabane Lower. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 1,551 people.
History
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The townland of Newtownstewart was historically called Lislas. Newtownstewart Castle was built by Sir Robert Newcomen in 1615 as part of the Plantation of Ulster. The castle was acquired by Sir William Stewart when he married Newcommen's second daughter in 1629.[1][2] The castle and town were renamed 'Newtownstewart' by Sir William Stewart after his birthplace.
The former Northern Bank building on the corner was the scene of an infamous murder in 1871 when bank cashier William Glass was robbed of £1,600 and killed. Assistant District Inspector Thomas Hartley Montgomery, of the Royal Irish Constabulary, who was in charge of the investigation, was subsequently tried, convicted, and hanged at Omagh Gaol.
Newtownstewart Town Hall, which was the venue for petty session hearings, was completed in 1880.[3]
Railway
Construction of Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway began in 1845 and reached Strabane in 1847. By 1852 it had extended to Newtownstewart and Omagh and its terminus in Enniskillen was reached in 1854. The company was absorbed into the Great Northern Railway in 1883.[4] Newtownstewart railway station opened on 9 May 1852 and finally closed on 15 February 1965.[5]
Royal Visit
The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) visited the Duke of Abercorn at Baronscourt as part of their Royal Visit to Northern Ireland in 1924.[6]
Sport
- Football: Ardstraw F.C.
- Gaelic sports: Newtownstewart St Eugene's
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Newtownstewart) |
References
- ↑ "Newtownstewart Castle". Castles.nl. https://www.castles.nl/newtownstewart-castle.
- ↑ Meek, H.; Jope, E. M. (1958). "The Castle at Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone". Ulster Journal of Archaeology. Ulster Archaeological Society. pp. 109–114. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20567512.
- ↑ "7 Townhall Street, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone (HB10/04/045 B)". Department for Communities. https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/Buildings/buildview.aspx?id=1433&js=false.
- ↑ Patterson, Edward M (1962). The County Donegal Railways. Dawlish: David and Charles. pp. 10–11.
- ↑ "Newtownstewart station". Railscot – Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf.
- ↑ "The Queen Mum in Ulster". Belfast Telegraph. 5 July 2008. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/the-queen-mum-in-ulster-28276036.html.