Newnham Regis No. 1 / King's Newnham

We found no separate entry for Newnham Regis, or King's Newnham, in the Domesday survey, where it may have been lumped together with Church Lawford. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "The church was probably given to Kenilworth Priory along with the manor by Geoffrey de Clinton, being appropriated to the priory by Bishop William (1215–24) 'for the support of the poor and of hospitality'. [...] The rectory and advowson descended with the manor, an arrangement that lasted after the union of the living with that of Church Lawford in 1595. [...] The church which stood about a quarter of a mile west of the village was still in use in 1730 [...] It was, however, with the exception of the tower, entirely demolished about the middle of the 18th century. The tower now stands in the rick-yard of Hall Farm, the ground floor being used as a chicken house. [...] In the farm-house garden there is a font, pillar piscina, and stoop. The font is octagonal with plain sides and a square base, splayed at the angles; the stem is missing. The piscina has a circular shaft with moulded capital and base on a half-octagon pedestal, shaped to fit into an angle. The stoop has a square rim with a circular bowl splayed below to an octagon." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP4481177220] (1960) lists this as "The Remains of the Church of St Laurence, King's Newnham [...] Shown on Ordnance Survey map as Church (remains of). Church tower and fragment of nave north wall. Late C12 origins; upper stages rebuilt, possibly in C16. Later alterations"; no font mentioned.