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NEWNHAM-PADDOX, a hamlet in Monks-Kirby parish, Warwick; near Watling-street and the Fosse way, 5½ miles N N W of Rugby. Real property, £1, 530. Newnham-Paddox House has been the seat of the Feildings, Earls of Denbigh, since the time of Henry VI.; is a handsome and commodious mansion, of centre and wings; and contains the dagger with which Villiers Duke of Buckingham was assassinated, and a choice collection of family portraits, works of art, and articles of vertu. The hamlet was formerly called Cold Newnham and Newnham-Parva; and it is a meet for the Atherstone hounds.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Monks Kirby Parish Warwickshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Newnham Paddox |
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