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  Unit Name	Type of Unit	Containing Unit (and Type)
  SOUTH NEWINGTON LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	KINGSTON UPON HULL CB/MB (Local Government District)

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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BANBURY	Oxfordshire	South Newington, Barford-St. Michael, and Adderbury; the subdistrict of Swalcliffe, containing the parishes of Swalcliffe, Broughton, Tadmarton, Alkerton, Shenington	Imperial
  CANTERBURY	Kent Surrey	Newington, Folkstone, Hougham, Lydden, St. Margarets-at-Cliffe, River, and Westcliffe; and the p. curacies of Capel-le-Fern, Beauxfield, Buckland-near-Dover, St. Mary-Dover, Trinity-Dover, Christ-church-Folkstone, Christ-church-Hougham, Guston, Sandgate, and Swingfield. The deanery of Elham includes the rectories of Acrise, Monks-Horton, Denton, Hastingleigh, Lyminge, Saltwood, St. Mary-Stowting, and Wootton; the vicarages of Elham, Brabourne, Elmsted, and Postling; and the p. curacies of Horton, Standford, Paddlesworth, and Hythe. The deaneries of North and South	Imperial
  Edinburgh	Midlothian	south-eastward to Duddingston, and south-south-westward to the vicinity of Newington; comprehends Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Crags, part	Groome
  GLOUCESTER and BRISTOL	Gloucestershire Somerset Wiltshire	GLOUCESTER and BRISTOL , a diocese comprehending all Gloucestershire, the deaneries of Cricklade and Malmsbury in Wilts, and the parish of	Imperial
  Hackney	Middlesex	Newington par.), 3935 ac., pop. 186,462; Hackney returns 3 members to Parliament -- 3 divisions, viz., North, Central, and South	Bartholomew
  HACKNEY	Middlesex	Newington; and it is divided into the sub-districts of Hackney, West Hackney, South Hackney, Stamford Hill, and Stoke-Newington	Imperial
  KENNINGTON	Surrey	KENNINGTON , a metropolitan suburb, an ecclesiastical parish, several chapelries, and two sub-districts, in Lambeth parish, borough, and district, Surrey	Imperial
  LAMBETH	Surrey	LAMBETH , a metropolitan suburb, a parish, a district, and a borough, in Surrey. The suburb lies on the Thames, opposite	Imperial
  LONDON	London London	South Metropolitan, at Norwood; the Victoria Park or East London, at Bethnal-Green; the AbneyPark, at Stoke-Newington; the West	Imperial
  Newington	Yorkshire	Newington . vil., North Ferriby par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 5½ miles SE. of South Cave.	Bartholomew
  NEWINGTON	Surrey	NEWINGTON , a quondam village, a parish, and a district, in Surrey. The quondam village stood 1½ mile S of St. Paul's, London; was anciently known as Neweton and Newnton; took afterwards the name of Newington-Butts, from butts for archery-practice in an open fieldadjacent to it; and became completely absorbed by the extension of the metropolis. The parish includes also the quondam hamlet of Walworth; is now, with the exception of some ornamental open spaces, all a part of the metropolis; has very numerous streets, some of themspacious, many will edificed, and most running in straight lines	Imperial
  NEWINGTON	Yorkshire	NEWINGTON , a village in North Ferriby parish, E. R. Yorkshire; 5½ miles S E of South Cave.	Imperial
  Newington, South	Oxfordshire	Newington, South , par. and vil., Oxfordshire, on r. Swere, 4 m. NW. of Deddington, 1437 ac., pop. 324; P.O.	Bartholomew
  NEWINGTON (South)	Oxfordshire	NEWINGTON (South) , a village and a parish in Banbury district, Oxford. The village stands on the river Swere, 4 miles	Imperial
  NEW RIVER	Hertfordshire Middlesex	south-eastern vicinity of Ware; draws further supplies from the Lea at Broxborne; runs altogether about 36 miles windingly southward; has 43 sluices and 218 bridges; and is received at Hornsey and Stoke Newington	Imperial
  OXFORDSHIRE, Oxford, or Oxon	Oxfordshire	OXFORDSHIRE , Oxford, or Oxon, an inland county, chiefly within the basin of the Thames. It is bounded, on the N	Imperial
  South Newington	Oxfordshire	South Newington , 4 miles NW. of Deddington, Oxfordshire; P.O. See NEWINGTON, SOUTH.	Bartholomew
  Surrey	Surrey	Newington (2 members), Southwark (3 members), and Wandsworth (1 member) - all the parl. bors. being metropolitan except Croydon - and the mun. bors. of Godalming, Guildford, Kingston upon Thames, and Reigate. The co. is in the dioceses of Canterbury, Rochester, and Winchester. For parl. purposes it is divided into 6 divisions - viz., North-Western or Chertsey, South	Bartholomew

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