Newington is a village in the
English county of
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
located north-west of
Folkestone. It gives its name to Newington-Shepway
Parish Council, which has five councillors, 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 to the south-west; the parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas. Nearby there used to be a 13th-century
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priory, founded in 1253 by Sir
John Maunsell
Sir John Maunsell ( 1190/1195 – 1265), Provost of Beverley Minster, was a king's clerk and a judge. He served as chancellor to King Henry III and was England's first secretary of state.
Life
His grandfather, Robert Mansel, was a Templar un ...
, who became a counsellor of King
Henry III.
Historical notes on Newington: British History on Line
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References
External links
Villages in Kent
Civil parishes in Kent
Folkestone and Hythe District
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