North Newington
| North Newington | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP419397 |
| Location: | 52°3’18"N, 1°23’24"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 324 (2011) |
| Post town: | Banbury |
| Postcode: | OX15 |
| Dialling code: | 01295 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cherwell |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Banbury |
North Newington is a village in northern Oxfordshire, about two miles west of Banbury. The 2011 census recorded the parish population as 324. The village is just west of Sor Brook.
North Newington used to be a township in the parish of Broughton. It is still in the Church of England ecclesiastical parish of St Mary the Virgin, Broughton.
Church
The parish church is in the grounds of Broughton Castle, a mile south of North Newington. North Newington's most notable historic building is Park Farm House, which has buttresses and other features from the 14th or 15th century.[1] Park Farm has also a 17th-century circular dovecote.[2][3]
About the village
North Newington has a 17th-century public house, The Baker's Arms,[4] which currently trades as the Blinking Owl. The village used to have another 17th-century pub, the Roebuck,[5] which is now a private house.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1300873: Park Farmhouse and attached washhouse/outbuilding range (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1046872: Dovecote west south west of Park Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 498.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1200196: Baker's Arms public house (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1369557: The Roebuck public house (Grade II listing)
- A History of the County of Oxford - Volume 9 pp 85-102: Parishes: Broughton (Victoria County History)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09639-2page 498
