Newington, Folkestone and Hythe

Human settlement in England
  • Folkestone and Hythe
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  • Kent
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  • South East
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  • Folkestone and Hythe
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England
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51°05′31″N 1°06′50″E / 51.092°N 1.114°E / 51.092; 1.114

Newington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Kent located 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Folkestone. It gives its name to Newington Parish Council, which has five councillors,[2] and includes the hamlets of Arpinge and Beachborough. The village lies to the north of the M20 motorway and the A20 road; the Channel Tunnel complex is nearby.

The ecclesiastical parish was known as Newington-next-Hythe, the latter town being 2+12 miles (4.0 km) to the south-west; the parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas.[3] Nearby there used to be a 13th-century Augustinian priory, founded in 1253 by Sir John Maunsell, who became a counsellor of King Henry III.[4]

The parish includes the hamlet of Peene which was joined to the Elham Valley Railway. Although no station existed at Peene, the railway passed over a bridge in the village. The village is now home to the Elham Valley Railway Museum.

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ Newington-Shepway Parish Council
  3. ^ Newington-next-Hythe notes
  4. ^ Historical notes on Newington: British History on Line

External links

Media related to Newington at Wikimedia Commons


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