NEWINGTON-next-HYTHE, a parish in the hundred
of FOLKESTONE, lathe of SHEPWAY, county of
KENT, 2 miles (N. E. by N.) from Hythe, containing
498 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, united to the
rectory of Cheriton, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £7. 12. 6.
The church, dedicated tn St. Nicholas, is an embattled
structure, partly in the decorated style of architecture.
The ancient chapel of St. Nicholas, every vestige of
which has disappeared, was once famous for the resort
of fishermen to make offerings at the shrine of their
patron saint, on escaping imminent dangers at sea.
The Grand Military canal passes through a detached
portion of the parish. From an eminence near the fine
mansion of Beachborough is a noble prospect over the
country, and across the channel to the coast of France.
Roman coins have been dug up in the village, and in
1760, three human skeletons, with beads of agate, pebbles,
glass, coral, and red earth, were discovered in
levelling a fence.