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The most northerly parish in Warwickshire, Newton from the Old English meaning niwe and tun for a new farmstead or estate.
The village has many thatched-timbered buildings, Georgian brick farmhouse and a 19th century manor house.
The Church of St Mary has an unusual ‘squint’ or ‘peephole’ in a buttress which through a local leper could partake in the service.
King Henry II, the Plantagenet king once owned the village
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- Landmark