North Newington

North Newington
North Newington
North Newington shown within Oxfordshire
Area	4.47 km2 (1.73 sq mi)
Population	321 (2001 census)
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SP4139
Civil parish	North Newington
District	Cherwell
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Banbury
Postcode district	OX15
Dialling code	01295
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Banbury
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 52°03′18″N 1°23′24″W / 52.055°N 1.390°W / 52.055; -1.390Coordinates: 52°03′18″N 1°23′24″W / 52.055°N 1.390°W / 52.055; -1.390

North Newington is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Banbury.

North Newington is in the Church of England parish of St Mary the Virgin, Broughton With North Newington. The parish church is in the grounds of Broughton Castle, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of North Newington.

North Newington's most notable historic building is Park Farm, whose main house includes buttresses and other features from the 14th or 15th century. Park Farm has also a circular dovecote that was built in the 17th century.

A village school was built in 1853 and is now Bishop Carpenter Church of England primary school. The school celebrated its sesquicentenary in 2003 with an open day at which it invited all old pupils to come back and share memories, and also the day was combined with a Village History Day which showed how the village has developed since records began.

North Newington has one public house, The Blinking Owl.

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