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Newington, South (St. Peter)

NEWINGTON, SOUTH (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Banbury, hundred of Wootton, county of Oxford, 5¾ miles (S. W. by S.) from Banbury; containing 434 inhabitants. It comprises 1389 acres, of which 674 are arable, and 715 pasture; the soil is partly a fine sandy loam, and partly a strong clay. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8; net income, £231; patrons, the Rector and Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1794. The church, which is situated on an acclivity, has a stately embattled tower crowned with pinnacles, and a beautiful south porch, also embattled and pinnacled.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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