NEWSTEAD, a village, in the parish of Melrose and district of
Melrose, county of Roxburgh, 1 mile (E.) from the
town of Melrose; containing 2,50 inhabitants. This
place lies on the Edinburgh road, by Drygrange bridge,
to Jedburgh; occupying a pleasant spot in the vale of
Melrose. Its population is chiefly employed in agriculture.
The scenery is diversified; and below the village,
a small rivulet, emanating from the Tweed above the
town, returns into it, insulating in its course a rich
tract of level ground called the Ana. There is a school,
for which a house has been built at the expense of the
heritors.