NEWTOWN, a village, in the parish of Melrose and district
of Melrose, county of Roxburgh, 3 miles (S. E.) from
the town of Melrose; containing 164 inhabitants. This
village is beautifully situated in the south-eastern part
of the parish, in the romantic dell through which the
river Bowden flows into the Tweed. There is a place of
worship for a congregation of the United Presbyterian
Church; and a school-house has been erected for the instruction
of poor children.