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In 1868, the parish of Newtown Hamilton contained the following places:"NEWTOWN HAMILTON, a parish, post and market town in the barony of Upper Fews, county Armagh, province of Ulster, Ireland. The parish is 5 miles long by 4 broad. The surface is very hilly. The County Water flows on the W.; the Newtown Hamilton river intersects the interior, and two loughs border the S. The road from Dublin to Armagh crosses the parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Armagh, value £451 in the patronage of the primate. The church was built by the late Board of First Fruits in 1775. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Creggan. There is a Presbyterian meeting-house in the parish; also several day schools. The town is situated among the Fews Mountains, near the County Water, 12 miles S.S.E. of Armagh, and 66 from Dublin on the Armagh road. It was founded by the Hamilton family in 1770. It contains a Roman Catholic and three other chapels, market and court houses, barracks, a bridewell, schools, and a dispensary, which last is in the Castleblaney poor-law union. There is a police station, and petty sessions are held in the town. In the vicinity are ruins of Blackbank Castle. Saturday is market day. Fairs are held once a month."
"WHITE CROSS, a hamlet in the parish of Newtown Hamilton, barony of Upper Fews, county Armagh, Ireland, 4 miles N.E. of Newtown Hamilton."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018