NEWINGTON, a village in the district of Wallingford and county of Oxford, and a parish partly also in Henley district, Oxford. The village stands on the river Thame, 4¾ miles N of Wallingford, and 5¾ E of Culham r. station. The parish contains also the liberty of Berrick-Prior, the tythings of Brookhampton and Great Holcombe, and the chapelry of Britwell-Prior; and its post town is Wallingford. Acres, 3,080. Real property, £3, 783. Pop., 446. Houses, 91. The property is divided among a few. Newington House is the seat of G. White, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Britwell-Prior, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £360.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is ancient, and not very good; has a decorated English tower and spire, with an early English base; and contains, in the S wall, a handsome decorated tomb-recess. There are a national school, and charities £5.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))