placenamesNewtown
An Baile Nua
Lewis distinguished public assistance from Charles Vignolles’s contribution to the parish church.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Baile Nua · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Newtown · English · main form
Place & story
Church and glebe-house finances
Newtown parish’s Gothic church was completed in 1834 at a cost of £1,370, according to Samuel Lewis. The Board of First Fruits provided a £1,000 gift, with the remainder paid by the rector, the Reverend Charles Vignolles. The glebe house had been built earlier, in 1818, for £1,147. Its assistance from the same board comprised a £323 gift and a £415 loan. These figures distinguish the church’s grant and private contribution from the separate financing of the rector’s residence. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Moycashel
- Barony
- Fartullagh
- Coordinates
- 53.38950, -7.40743
- Mapped area
- 41.47 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2486 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Newtown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Newtown, Westmeath — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.