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Rh NEWNHAM. 40 NEWPORT. situated on the line of the South- Western railway. The living is a rect.* with the cur. of Maplederwell annexed, in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 400, in the patron, of Queen's College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, has recently been restored. Lord Dor- chester is lord of the manor. There is a National school, established in 1840. NEWNHAM, a par. in the hund. of Cashio, or lib. of St. Alban's, co. Herts, 3 miles N. of Baldoek, its rail- way station and post town, and 7 E. of Shefford. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Irvel, and is wholly agricultural. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of .Rochester, val. 97. The church, dedi- cated to St. Vincent, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing one bell. There is a free school. NEWNHAM, a par. in the hund. of Faversham, lathe of Scray, co. Kent, 7 miles S.E. of Sittingbourne, its post town, and 5 S.W. of Faversham railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricul- tural. It is situated on the road from Maidstone to Favorsham. A portion of the land is in hop-grounds. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 180. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is an ancient structure, containing a mural table to the Hulse family. There is a place of worship for the Indepen- dents. The Eight Hon. S. E. Lushington is lord of the manor. NEWNHAM, a par. in the hund. of Fawsley, co. Northampton, 2 miles S. of Daventry, its post town, and 3j W. of the Weedou station on the London and North- Western railways. The village is situated on the river Nen, and on the high road from Northampton to Banbury. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture, and a few females in lace-making. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie.* of Badby, in the dioc. of Peterborough. The church is dedicated to St. Michael, and has an embattled and spired tower containing a clock and six bells. The church has several stained windows. There is a Sunday-school for both sexes, endowed with an annuity of 4. T. R. Thornton, Esq., of Brockhall, is lord of the manor. Thomas Randolph, the dramatist, was born here in 1605. NEWNHAM, atnshp. in the par. of Pontesbury, co. Salop, 5 miles S.W. of Shrewsbury. NKWNHAM. a tnshp. in the par. of Aston Cantlow, co. Warwick, 4 miles N.W. of Stratford-on-Avon. It is situated near the Birmingham canal. NEWNHAM, a hmlt. in the par. of Lindridge, lower div. of the hund. of Oswaldslow, co. Worcester, 4 miles N.E. of Tenbury. It is a station on the Tenbury and Bewdley branch of the Shrewsbury and Hereford rail- way. It is situated near the river Rea. NEWNIIAM - MURREN, a par. in the huud. of Langtree, co. Oxford, 1 mile S.E. of Wallingford, its post town, and 3J miles from the Wallingford-road sta- tion on the Great Western railway. The village, which is small, is situated on the banks of the Thames, under the Chiltern hills. The living is a vie. annexed to that of Stoke, North, in the dioc. of Oxford, joint val. 568, in the patron, of St. John's College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and has recently been restored. The parochial charities produce about 9 per annum. NEWNHAM-PADDOX, a hmlt. in the par. of Monks-Kirby, co. Warwick, 6 miles N.W. of Rugby. It is situated near Watling Street, where it crosses the Fosse Way. It is a meet for the Atherstone hounds. NEWNHAM-REGIS, or KING'S NEWNHAM, a par. in the Rugby div. of the hund. of Knightlow, co. Warwick, 4 miles W. by N. of Rugby. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Avon and the Oxford canal, which last passes through the north-eastern angle of the parish. In the village is a once celebrated bath, supplied with water from a chaly- beate spring. The living is a vie. annexed to the rect. * of Church Lawford, in the dioc. of Worcester. The rhurch is an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. John the Baptist. NEWNTON, LONG, a par. in the hund. of Malrnea- bury, co. Wilts, 1J mile E. of Tetbury, in Gloucester- shire, and 4 miles N.W. of Malinesbury. It was called by the Saxons Newantune, and had right of common "ranted by King Athelstane. The parisH is bounded on the W. by a branch of the river Avon. The village, which is small, and wholly agricultural, is situated on the road from Gloucester to Portsmouth. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 365, with a glebe of 23 acres. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 370. The church, dedi- cated to the Holy Trinity, is a modern structure, except the tower, rebuilt at the expense of the landholders. The peal of bells has recently been increased to ^ix. There is a village school, supported by subscription. The Right Hon. Thomas H. S. Sotheron Estcourt, M.P., is lord of the manor. NEWNTON, NORTH, a par. and tnshp. in the hund. of Swanborough, co. Wilts, 8 miles S.E. of Devizes, and 4 S.W. of Pewsey. The village, which is small, is situ- ated on the river Avon. The par. contains the tythgs. of Hilcott and llainscombe, with Overton Heath. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 176. The church, dedicated to St. James, is an ancient structure, with a square tower. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. NEW-PARK, a seat in the hund. of Potterne, co. Wilts, at Roundaway Hill, near Devizes. It was built by Wyatt, for the Suttons, and contains a valuable col- lection of pictures, by Gainsborough, and other ancient masters. NEW-PARKS, an ext. par. place in the borough and co. Leicester, 1 mile N. W. of Leicester. There are also numerous seats of this name in various parts of Ireland. NEW PASSAGE, the ferry from Devonport, co. Devon, to Tor Point. It is situated near the mouth of the river Tamar, by which a basin is formed, extending nearly 4 miles in length, by 1 J mile in breadth, called the Bay of Hamoaze. NEW PASSAGE, the ferry over the Severn, 10 miles N. by W. of Bristol, co. Gloucester. It was at this point that Charles I. escaped from the Parliamentarians after his flight from Ragland Castle, and is now crossed by the line of the South Wales railway, which has a station here. NEWPORT, a par., seaport, and market town, mu- nicipal and parliamentary borough, in the West Medina lib., Isle of Wight, div. of co. Hants, 5 miles S. of Cowus, 7 S.W. of Ryde, and 82 S.W. from London. It is situ- ated on a gentle elevation, and is bounded on the E. by the chief branch of the river Medina, and on the W. by a small stream which joins the latter at the quay, when it becomes navigable to the Solent sea-channel at Cowes. Newport is a flourishing and rising town, and is a polling- place and the capital of the island. Its prosperity was greatly accelerated by the decay of the adjoining and more ancient town of Carisbrooke, which was formerly a market town, but was not so well situated for com- merce as Newport. It was first chartered by Richard do Rivers, or Redvers, Earl of Devon, in the reign of Henry II., and the Countess Isabella de Fortibus, who called it the new borough of Medina, and invested the burgesses with all the market tolls, and other privileges. Henry VII. granted to the corporation the petty cus- toms within all the ports and creeks of the island, which charter was confirmed by Edward VI. and Queen Eliza- beth. The borough was first incorporated by James I., and received the grant of a further charter from Charles I. The town is now governed by a mayor, 6 aldermen, and 18 councillors, and is divided into two wards. The old town consists of five principal streets, which are crossed by three others at right angles, besides several rows of modern villas. The streets are well paved, and lighted with gas, and contain many shops, &c. There are two banks, a savings-bank, concert and assembly rooms, masonic hall, mechanics' institutes, gas-works, museum, and guildhall. This last is a Grecian struc- ture of the Ionic order, erected in 1816, from designs by Nash, at an expense of 10,000. The upper part com- prises the towuhall, council chamber, and other offices ;