NEWTON-ABBOT, a market-town of England, Devonshire, pleasantly situated on a hill near the right bank of the Lemon, 14 miles S.S.W. of Exeter. It contains a handsome town-hall; a parish church; Independent, Baptist, and Methodist churches; and several schools. Tanning and shoemaking are the principal manufactures of the place; and there is also some trade, principally in the exportation of shoes to Newfoundland. The market-days are Wednesday and Saturday; and three yearly fairs are held here. In this place William III. made his first public declaration after his landing in this country in 1688. Pop. (1851) 3147.