Newnham Regis, Warwickshire
Historical Description
Newnham Regis, a parish in Warwickshire, 4 miles NW by W of Rugby. Post town, Rugby; money order office, Church Lawford; telegraph office, Brinklow. Acreage, 1471; population, 114. The manor belonged formerly to the Crown and to Kenilworth Priory. There are lime-works and a chalybeate spring, and the latter is mentioned in Camden's " Britannia," acquired considerable celebrity for the cure of rheumatism and dyspepsia, went into disuse, and was restored in 1857 by the Buccleuch family. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Church Lawford, in the diocese of Worcester. The church went long ago to ruin, and is now represented by only an ivy-clad tower. Its site came to be used as a stackyard; was partly excavated in 1852, and was found to cover embalmed remains of several members of the noble family of Chichester.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Warwickshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 is available on the Heraldry page.