King's Newnham

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King's Newnham
Warwickshire

Tower of Church of St Laurence
Location
Grid reference: SP452771
Location: 52°23’28"N, 1°20’10"W
Data
Population: 50  (2001)
Post town: Rugby
Postcode: CV23
Dialling code: 024
Local Government
Council: Rugby
Parliamentary
constituency:
Rugby

King's Newnham otherwise Newnham Regis is a village and parish in the Knightlow hundred of Warwickshire. It is located just under 2½ miles west of the town of Rugby and 4½ miles east of Coventry. For population details see Church Lawford.

History

The village lost most of its population as a result of enclosures of the former Royal Manor. Its parish church, St Laurence's, was built in the 12th century and partially demolished 1795–97. This left the mostly 16th-century tower and the church disused.[1][2] The five other listed buildings of the parish are very close relative to the distant northern parish border: Farm Building near Newnham Hall, The Laurels, Highfield House, Newnham Hall and Manor Farmhouse.[3][4][5][6][7]

Today

For ecclesiastical purposes King's Newnham is joined with nearby Church Lawford from which it is separated by the Warwickshire Avon to the south. The parish council meets and shares the community facilities of Church Lawford community hall.

Notes

  1. "King's Newnham Tower". Church Lawford and King's Newnham online. Archived from the original on 2006-06-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20060601120520/http://www.churchlawford.org.uk/history/kingsnewnham/tower.shtml. 
  2. National Heritage List 1029535: King's Newnham
  3. National Heritage List 1034906: King's Newnham
  4. National Heritage List 1034907: King's Newnham
  5. National Heritage List 1185475: King's Newnham
  6. National Heritage List 1185478: King's Newnham
  7. National Heritage List 1365092: King's Newnham

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