NEWINGTON, a parish in the hundred of MILTON,
lathe of SCRAY, county of KENT, 3 miles (W.) from
Milton, containing 629 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury,
rated in the king's books at £ 14, and in the patronage
of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College. The church,
dedicated to St. Mary, is a handsome structure, principally
in the early English style, with some windows in
the decorated. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. The village, which had formerly a
market, is supposed to occupy the site of a town inhabited
by the Britons, and after them by the Romans;
the ancient Watling-street crosses the parish. In a field,
called Crockfield, an abundance of Roman urns and
other vessels has been found, lying in various positions,
and frequently empty, which has induced an opinion
that this was only the site of a Roman pottery, though
eminent antiquaries have here fixed the station Durolevum,
and suppose this field to have been a burial-place
for the Romans stationed at the adjacent military works,
numerous jestiges of which may still be traced, such as
Julius Csesar's-hill, Standard-hill, Key-street, anciently
Caii Stratum, &c. There is a traditionary account of a
nunnery, and afterwards of a college of Secular canons,
having existed here.