Newbridge

   1) NEWBRIDGE, a village, in the parish of Kirkliston, county of Edinburgh, 1 mile (S. by W.) from the village of Kirkliston; containing 153 inhabitants. This place is on the east side of the Almond water, which here separates the two counties of Edinburgh and Linlithgow; and is a pleasantly situated village, having an inn. The road from Edinburgh to Glasgow, by Bathgate, which runs through the southern division of the parish, passes through it. At Loughend, near Newbridge, are set up some large stones where a battle was fought in the year 995, between Kenneth, the natural brother of Malcolm II., and Constantine, the usurper of the crown; and about a mile and a half westward, several stone coffins have been from time to time discovered.

   2) NEWBRIDGE, a hamlet, in the parish of Terregles, stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 2 miles (N. W. by N.) from Dumfries; containing 24 inhabitants. It lies in the extreme north point of the parish, on a tributary to the Nith, which flows at a short distance eastward.