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New Abbey
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  New Abbey Location withinDumfries and Galloway | |
| Population | 82 (2001 Census) |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dumfries |
| Postcode district | DG2 |
| Dialling code | 01387 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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| 54°58′48″N3°37′10″W / 54.979888°N 3.619428°W /54.979888; -3.619428 | |
New Abbey (Scottish Gaelic:An Abaid Ùr) is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway,Scotland. It is 6 miles (10 km) south ofDumfries.[1] The summit of the prominent hillCriffel is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the south.
The village has a wealth of history including the ruined Cistercian abbeySweetheart Abbey, founded byLady Dervorguilla in 1273 in memory of her husbandJohn Balliol. She kept his embalmed heart close to her for the rest of her life.[1] The monks named the abbeydulce cor ("sweet heart"). The village has awatermill, the New AbbeyCorn Mill.[2] Loch Kindar has acrannog and the village has the remains of Kirk Kindar (this was the parish church until just after 1633 when it was transferred to the refectory of the suppressed Sweetheart Abbey) on an island located just outside the village.
New Abbey was one of five parishes from Kirkcudbrightshire included in theNithsdale district ofDumfries and Galloway under the local government reforms of 1975 which abolished Kirkcudbrightshire as an administrative county. The parish has therefore been included in theDumfrieslieutenancy area since 1975.[3][4][5]
The village has asaw mill, a hotel, a village shop, a coffee shop, aprimary school, adoctor's surgery, a village hall, abowling green, a football pitch – Maryfield Park (home toAbbey Vale FC) – and aChurch of Scotland church. ARoman Catholic church, St Mary's, designed by the New Abbey born architectWalter Newall, closed in 2013. It is now The Thomas Bagnall Centre with occasional retreats and Mass said here.
Twoburns flow through the village: the New Abbey Pow which runs into theRiver Nith Estuary and the Sheep Burn.
List of listed buildings in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway
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