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Encyclopedia Britannica



NEWBURGH

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 467 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NAN-NEW
NEWBURGH , a royal and police
burgh
  of Fifeshire, Scotland. Pop. (1901) 1904. It is situated on the Firth of Tay, 7 M. N.W. of Ladyhank Junction by the North British Railway. Its
industries
  chiefly consist of the making of linen and floorcloth, malting and quarrying, and there are fisheries, especially of salmon. The harbour is used for the transhipment of the cargoes of Perth-bound vessels of over 200 tons. On high ground, about r m. S.W., stand the remains (only the pedestal) of Macduff's Cross, which marks the spot where the clan Macduffin return for the
chief
 's services against Macbethwas granted rights of sanctuary and composition for murder done in hot blood. Denmyln castle, about 1z m. S.E. of Newburgh, was the
home
  for more than 250 years of the Balfour family, of which the two brothers, Sir James (16o0-16J7), the annalist and Lyon King, and Sir Andrew (163o-1694), founder of the Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, were the most distinguished members. Lindores abbey, the gem of the
district
 , is situated on the Tay, close to Newburgh, and 11 m. N. of the
village
  of Lindores. Of the
Benedictine
  abbey, founded in 1178 by David,
earl
  of Hunting-don, brother of William the Lion, there only remain the groined arch of the principal entrance, a portion of the west tower and other Early English fragments, but the ground plan of the whole structure can still be traced. The monks were noted agriculturists and their orchards famous. At Blackearnside, a forest of alders, to the
east
  of the
village
 , Wallace defeated the
earl
  of Pembroke in 1298.


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