Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Newbattle within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Newbattle, par. and vil., Edinburghshire par., 5225 ac., pop. 3346; vil., on river South Esk, 1 mile S. of Dalkeith; the Newbattle Mills, paperworks, are 2 miles from Dalkeith, near Dalhousie ry. sta.; Newbattle Abbey is the seat of the Marquis of Lothian, and occupies the site of a monastery founded by David I. in 1140 for Cistercian monks; several illuminated MSS., which formerly belonged to the monks, are preserved in the library of the mansion.