Newington, Folkestone and Hythe

Newington
Newington
	St Nicholas' Church, Newington
	Newington Location within Kent
Population	368 (parish, 2011 Census)
District	Folkestone and Hythe;
Shire county	Kent;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FOLKESTONE
Postcode district	CT18
Dialling code	01303
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Folkestone and Hythe;
	List of places UK England Kent 51°05′31″N 1°06′50″E / 51.092°N 1.114°E

Newington is a village in the English county of Kent located 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Folkestone. It gives its name to Newington-Shepway 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+1⁄2 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]

References

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

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[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

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