Newington, Swale

This article is about the settlement of Newington near Sittingbourne. For the settlement of Newington near Folkestone, see Newington, Folkestone and Hythe. For the settlement of Newington near Ramsgate, see Newington, Thanet.

Newington
A2 High Street
Newington is located in Kent
Newington
Newington
Location within Kent
Population2,551 (2011 census)[1]
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSITTINGBOURNE
Postcode districtME9
Dialling code01795
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°21′07″N 0°40′04″E / 51.352°N 0.6679°E / 51.352; 0.6679

Newington is a village and civil parish in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. The parish is located beside the A2 road (originally a Roman road) between Rainham to the west and Sittingbourne to the east. The population of the parish in 2011 was 2,551.[1]

The village has its own railway station which is situated on the Chatham Main Line between Sittingbourne and Rainham.[3]

The parish church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, is a grade I listed building.[4] It was built between 1163 and 1177 by Richard de Lucy, with additions being made in the 13th and 14th century. The church was to eventually become the property of Henry VIII who gave it to the Provost and Fellows of Eton College in 1531. The patron today is the Archbishop of Canterbury. There is a stone in the church car park known as the Devil's Stone, which is said to bear the Devil's footprint.[5]

Newington village sign was provided by Mrs. S Huxtable in 2007. It holds a memorial plate in memory of Mr. P Huxtable. (Husband of Mrs S. Huxtable)

Newington holds the national collection of Witch Hazel which is kept at the Witch Hazel Nursery[6] in Calloways Lane

Newington Manor, now a conservation area,[7] is to the south of the village.

The Newington Pill Boxes: Newington has at least four World War I pill boxes (or bunkers) at various locations.

  1. ^ a b "2011 Census Parish population" (PDF). Kent Gov UK. Office for National Statistics. 2011. p. 13. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Kent Parish Councils - Newington Parish Council". Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2007.
  3. ^ "Newington (NGT)". National Rail Enquires. National Rail. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Church of St Mary - Newington". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  5. ^ "History of Newington - Kent Past". Kent Past. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  6. ^ Witch Hazel Nursery
  7. ^ Swale Borough Council Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine