NEWINGTON, a parish in the hundred of EWELME,
county of OXFORD, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Wallingford,
containing, with the chapelry of Brightwell-Prior,
the tythings of Brockhampton and Holcomb, and the
liberty of Berrick-Prior, 445 inhabitants. The living
is a vicarage, with Brightwell-Prior, in the peculiar
jurisdiction and patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
rated in the king's books at £18. 13.4. A
small rent-charge was bequeathed by Mary White, in
1729, for teaching three children of the hamlet of
Berwick.