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Newton is a small village in the civil parish of Newton and Biggin in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. The civil parish population taken at the 2011 census was 572.[1] Newton is approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Rugby, and close to the A5 road which marks the border with Leicestershire and Northamptonshire; the three counties meet at Dow Bridge east of the village, where the A5 crosses the River Avon. Just north of the village are the remains of the Roman town of Tripontium. The village is also at the northern end of the "Great Central Walk" the footpath along the trackbed of the old Great Central Main Line.

Newton
The Stag and Pheasant pub, Main Street, Newton
Newton Location within Warwickshire
Population	572 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP530780
Civil parish	Newton and Biggin
District	Rugby
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RUGBY
Postcode district	CV23
Dialling code	01788
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Rugby
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52.397514°N 1.22024°W / 52.397514; -1.22024

The main industry in the area is gravel extraction, which continues near the A5 road. Most of the houses in the village are of modern construction and were built to house workers for this industry. The Stag and Pheasant pub in Main St, whilst not being the oldest pub in Warwickshire, is the oldest building used as a pub in the county. Although the thatched building has a brick facing, probably added in the 17th Century, its core is an oak cruck frame of indeterminate age, possibly Saxon.

The Townlands Allotments were established in 1752 at the time of the enclosures. They are at the end of Little London Lane - one of a number of localities carrying this name in England. The origins of the name are not believed to be directly linked with "London" but rather a corruption of the Old English "utlenden". Utlenden (outsiders) were Welsh drovers who set up camps on waste land en route to markets in London. Edward Cave, the 18th century publisher was born in the village.

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Media related to Newton at Wikimedia Commons

• Newton Parish Council

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