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The Square, Newmill, showing the war memorial clock tower
Newmill is located in Moray
Newmill
Newmill
Population 452 (2001 census)
OS grid reference NJ435525
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KEITH
Postcode district AB55
Dialling code 01542
Police Grampian
Fire Grampian
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Moray
Scottish Parliament
  • Moray
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°33′33″N 2°56′45″W / 57.5593°N 2.9457°W / 57.5593; -2.9457

Newmill is a planned village 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the town of Keith in the Moray council area of north-east Scotland. The resident population at the 2001 census was recorded as 452.

History

The current street-plan of the village was laid out in approximately 1759 by the Earls of Fife, but there are records of a much earlier settlement dating back to 1535 when a meal mill was built by Bishop Crystall. The Castle of Glengerrick once stood at the site of the village church, now a private dwelling.

Slate from the local quarry was used in the renovation of Pluscarden Abbey and the Convent of Greyfriars in Elgin.

In 1905, the Newmill Literary Society, supported by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, built the Newmill Institute, now the Village Hall.

In the centre of the village square is a war memorial, a four-stage clock tower, built in 1922–23 and designed by F. A. Robertson.

Services

Services in Newmill include the village post office.

Education

The village is served by Newmill Primary School, whilst secondary pupils travel to Keith Grammar School.

Notable people

  • James Gordon Bennett, Sr., founder and publisher of the New York Herald, grew up in Newmill.
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