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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Newtown Ards like this:
Newtownards, market town, township, and par. with ry. sta., NE. co. Down, near the head of Lough Strangford, 9 miles by road and 14 miles by rail E. of Belfast - par., 14,837 ac., pop. 12,161; township, 483 ac., pop. 8676; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Saturday. Newtownards has important markets. Flax-spinning is carried on; the industry of weaving and embroidering muslin has declined. There is a celebrated nursery. The town stands on the property of the Marquis of Londonderry.
Newtown Ards is now part of ARDS AND NORTH DOWN District. Click here for graphs and data of how ARDS AND NORTH DOWN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newtown Ards itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newtown Ards, in Ards and North Down and County Down | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/30198
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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