Newton is a small village in the
civil parish
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of Newton and Biggin in the
Rugby borough of
Warwickshire
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, England. The civil parish population taken at the
2021 census was 1,273.
Newton is about north east of
Rugby, and is close to the
A5 road
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which marks the border with
Leicestershire and
Northamptonshire
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, the three counties meet at
Dow Bridge
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east of the village, where the A5 crosses the
River Avon.
Just north of the village are the remains of the Roman town of
Tripontium
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. The village is also at the northern end of the "Great Central Walk" the footpath along the trackbed of the old
Great Central Main Line.
The main industry in the area is
gravel extraction, which continues near the A5. Most of the houses in the village are of modern construction and were built to house workers for this industry.
The Stag and Pheasant pub in Main St whilst not being the oldest pub in Warwickshire is the oldest building used as a pub in the county. Although the thatched building has a brick facing, probably added in the 17th century, its core is a massive oak cruck frame of indeterminate age, possibly Saxon.
The Townlands Allotments are also of some antiquity being established in 1752 at the time of the enclosures. They are at the end of Little London Lane - one of a number of localities carrying this name in England. The origins of the name are not believed to be directly linked with "London" but rather a corruption of the Old English "utlenden". Utlenden (outsiders) were Welsh drovers who set up camps on waste land en route to markets in London.
Edward Cave, the 18th century publisher of the world's first
magazine was born in the village in 1691.
The parish of Newton and Biggin includes the
deserted medieval settlement of Biggin to the south-east of Newton village. Biggin Mill, a former
water mill
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, existed south-east of the village; its remains still exist.
References
* Allen, Geoff, (2000) ''Warwickshire Towns & Villages'',
External links
Newton Parish CouncilNewton archives - Our Warwickshire{{authority control
Villages in Warwickshire
Borough of Rugby