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We have no further entries in our collection of 19th century descriptive gazetteers about Newington, but we do have this information about localities within the associated parish or parishes. You may be able to find further references to Newington in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | Marwood | hamlet | Bartholomew |
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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newington like this:
NEWINGTON-NEXT-HYTHE, a village and a parish in Elham district, Kent. The village stands near the Southeastern railway, 2½ miles N E of Hythe, and 3½ W by N of Folkestone r. station; is a scattered place, amid romantic environs; and has a post-office, of the name of Newington, under Hythe. The parish extendsto the coast; and comprises 3, 134 acres of land, and 60 of water. Real property, £3, 150. Pop., 523. Houses, 94. Beachborough is the seat of T. Brockman, Esq. Asummer-house is on a hill adj...
oining Beachborough; isaccessible to strangers; and commands very fine and extensive views over land and sea. A vantage-ground on the Downs, about a mile from the village, likewise commands a magnificent view over the marshes to Hastings. There are remains of ancient entrenchments; and Romancoins and pottery have been found The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Cheriton, in the diocese of Canterbury. The church is ancient; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a lofty tower; and contains a font cased in carved oak, two brasses of 1501, and a brass of a man and three wives of 1522. There are aninfant school, and charities £4.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Newington by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Etchinghill | 0 | 3 |
| Cheriton | 0 | 2 |
| Paddlesworth | 0 | 2 |
| Sandgate | 6 | 2 |
| Postling | 0 | 2 |
| Saltwood | 2 | 2 |
| Folkestone | 22 | 4 |
| Hythe | 13 | 3 |
| Hawkinge | 0 | 2 |
| Lyminge | 1 | 2 |
| Hayne | 0 | 2 |
| Acrise | 0 | 2 |
| Stanford | 0 | 3 |
| Westenhanger | 0 | 2 |
| Monks Horton | 0 | 3 |
| West Hythe | 0 | 2 |
| Elham | 2 | 2 |
| Loningborough | 0 | 2 |
| Stowting | 0 | 4 |
| Swingfield | 0 | 2 |