Newfield, an estate, with a mansion, in Dundonald parish, Ayrshire, 1¾ mile SE of Drybridge station. Its owner, William Finnie, Esq. (b. 1828; suc. 1846), Liberal M.P. for North Ayrshire 1868-74, holds 677 acres in the shire, valued at £1351 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 22, 1865.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)