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'''New Abbey''' is a village in [[Kirkcudbrightshire]]. It is around eight miles southwest of [[Dumfries]]. The summit of the prominent hill [[Criffel]] is two and a half miles to the south.
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'''New Abbey''' is a village and parish in south-eastern [[Kirkcudbrightshire]]. The village is around eight miles south-west of [[Dumfries]]. The summit of the prominent hill [[Criffel]] is two and a half miles to the south.
  
 
The village has a wealth of history including the ruined Cistercian abbey [[Sweetheart Abbey]], founded by Dervorguilla of Galloway in 1273 to commemorate the death of her husband John Balliol, King of Scots. The monks named the abbey ''dulce cor'' ('Sweet heart').
 
The village has a wealth of history including the ruined Cistercian abbey [[Sweetheart Abbey]], founded by Dervorguilla of Galloway in 1273 to commemorate the death of her husband John Balliol, King of Scots. The monks named the abbey ''dulce cor'' ('Sweet heart').

Latest revision as of 17:54, 23 October 2015

New Abbey
Kirkcudbrightshire
New Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 181851.jpg
Sweetheart Abbey, in New Abbey
Location
Location: 54°58’48"N, 3°37’10"W
Data
Population: 82  (2001)
Post town: Dumfries
Postcode: DG2
Dialling code: 01387
Local Government
Council: Dumfries and Galloway
Parliamentary
constituency:
Dumfries and Galloway

New Abbey is a village and parish in south-eastern Kirkcudbrightshire. The village is around eight miles south-west of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is two and a half miles to the south.

The village has a wealth of history including the ruined Cistercian abbey Sweetheart Abbey, founded by Dervorguilla of Galloway in 1273 to commemorate the death of her husband John Balliol, King of Scots. The monks named the abbey dulce cor ('Sweet heart').

The village has a watermill, the New Abbey Mill.[1]

Churches

New Abbey

About the village

The village has a saw mill, two hotels, a village shop, a coffee shop, a primary school, a doctor's surgery, a village hall, a bowling green, a football pitch, its two churches and the Shambellie House Museum of Costume.

Loch Kindar has a crannog and the village has the remains of Kirk Kindar (this was the parish church until just after 1633 when it was transferred to the refectory of the suppressed Sweetheart Abbey) on an island located just outside the village.

The village has many walks on offer including the steps up to the Waterloo Monument. Two burns flow through the village, of which the New Abbey Pow runs into the Nith Estuary, and the Sheep Burn.

Sport

  • Football: Abbey Vale FC, who play at Mayfield Park in the village

Outside links

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References