Description
Newnham, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands 5 miles SW of Faversham, 4 1/2 from Teynham station on the L.C. & D.R., and 7 SE of Sittingbourne. It has a post office under Sittingbourne; money order and telegraph office, Doddington. Acreage of parish, 1285; population, 301. The parish council consists of five members. The living is a vicarage in The diocese of Canterbury; net value, £110 with residence. The church is ancient but good; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel; and contains a handsome tablet to the Hulse family. There are a small Congregational chapel and a working men's institute.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
