[2] The village dates to 1261 AD, when William St. Clair, 6th Baron of Roslin, wanted to establish a chapel in the area.

In the summer terns can be observed feeding in their characteristic diving patterns approximately 600 to 900 metres (660 to 980 yd) inland from the estuary.

Other bombs fell beside a mill at the south of the village (12 January 1942) and several dropped in the estuary whilst trying to attack buildings on the quayside.

A number of pillboxes along with barbed wire, anti-tank blocks and scaffolding poles (that ran almost to Aberdeen along the coast) were installed.

Whilst the houses at the west end of Newburgh were a marketing success, residents were fairly critical of the properties going up next to the Ythan, dubbing the area too swampy for the foundations.

Public transport, providing services to Aberdeen, Peterhead, Ellon and Dyce Airport, are presently run by Stagecoach North Scotland.

The police station in Newburgh no longer exists: in its place stands a house; however, the presence of a cell, in the past, is given away by the bars in one of the windows.