Kings Newton is a village in

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. The population of the village is included in

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. The

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(pictured) was constructed around 1660, but has been refurbished at the end of the twentieth century.Living Springs journal. Accessed 29 January 2007
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History

Unlike many villages in

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, Kings Newton is not mentioned in the

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and is a "new town". Originally the hamlet was called Newton but the prefix of ''Kings'' was added to differentiate it from other ''Newtons'' in the surrounding counties. After the successful campaign at the

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, Henry Hardinge was created Viscount Hardinge of

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and of King's Newton in

, with a pension of £3000 for three lives. Why this small village was chosen for his honour is unclear. The hall illustrated was built in 1560 and was extensively damaged by fire in 1859. It was fully restored in 1910 by

Cecil Paget Lt.-Col. Sir Cecil Walter Paget, 2nd Baronet (19 October 1874 – 9 December 1936),''Who was who'', 1941. was an English locomotive engineer and railway administrator. He was general superintendent of Midland Railway from 1907 until the First ...

and his first wife. The illustration is from a book of poetry by local naturalist, John Joseph Briggs, whose poem about the Trent was the title of his poetry book.

Notable residents

* Marjorie Bates, 20th century artist was born here in 1883. *

John Joseph Briggs John Joseph Briggs (6 March 1819 – 23 March 1876), naturalist and topographer, was born in the village of Kings Newton (or King's Newton), Derbyshire on 6 March 1819. His father, John Briggs, who married his cousin, Mary Briggs, was born and r ...

, Naturalist lived here and published a History of

, locomotive engineer and railway administrator, lived in the Hall 1910-1936'The gentry: the Paget family
''Remembering Sutton Bonington''
, accessed 2009-08-16

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Notable residents

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