Newtown Abbey is located about 1.2 km (¾ mile) east of Trim town centre, on the north bank of the Boyne.

[1] A synod was held at Newtown in 1216, which turned the sees of the churches of Trim, Kells, Slane, Skryne, and Dunshaughlin into rural deaneries.

The prior gave Hugh de Lacie and John le Blounde, of Rathregan, as bail for his appearance at the next assizes.

The abbey church features lancet windows, with Norman-style sedilia to the right of the altar, and a double piscina for washing communion vessels.

This is the burial site of Lucas Dillon (1530 – 1592), Attorney General for Ireland and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and his first wife Jane Bathe.