Newtownabbey

Newtownabbey
County Antrim
Location
Location:	54°39’25"N, 5°54’25"W
Data
Population:	62,056  (2001)
Post town:	Newtownabbey
Postcode:	BT36, BT37
Dialling code:	028
Local Government
Council:	Newtownabbey BC

Newtownabbey is a new town suburb planted in County Antrim, north of Belfast. It is separated from Belfast by Cavehill and Fortwilliam golf course. Newtownabbey's urban area covers most of the parish of Carnmoney and includes several villages now absorbed into it, amongst which villages, townland and so forth are Ballyduff, Ballyhenry, Carnmoney, Glengormley, Jordanstown, Monkstown, County Antrim|Monkstown, Rathcoole and Whiteabbey.

The new town of Newtownabbey was created in 1958 from the existing villages of Carnmoney, Glengormley, Whitehouse, Jordanstown, Monkstown and Whiteabbey.

Newtownabbey today is a huge residential area with many modern housing estates. It is also a large industrial base with many engineering and computer industries based in the Monkstown and Carnmoney areas. The main campus for the University of Ulster is based at Jordanstown.

Townlands

The townlands within the Newtownabbey area are:

• Ballyduff, historically Ballymacelduffe
• Ballygolan, historically Ballingowlan
• Ballyhenry
• Ballyvesey
• Carnmoney
• Collinward
• Croghfern, historically Ballycurraghfarny
• Drumnadrough
• Dunanney
• Glengormley
• Jordanstown
• Monkstown
• Whiteabbey
• Whitehouse, part of which includes Merville Garden Village

Other Newtownabbey housing estates were not named after townlands:

• Mallusk
• Mossley
• Rathcoole

References

• Culture Northern ireland
• Newtownabbey Today website of the Newtownabbey Times Newspaper
• Newtownabbey In Touch website of the Newtownabbey In Touch Magazine