Newton Hall, an estate, with a mansion, in Yester parish, Haddingtonshire, 2 miles SSW of Gifford. Held since the time of James VI. by a family of the name of Newton, supposed to have been related to Sir Isaac Newton, it is now the property of William Drummond Ogilvy Hay-Newton, Esq. (b. 1832; suc. 1863), who owns 2857 acres in the shire, valued at £2818 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 33, 1863.

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