Editing Newington, London (section)

===Toponymy===
The name means "new farmstead" to refer to a newer part of the manor of Walworth. It lay on the old Roman road from London to [[West Sussex]], specifically directly to [[Chichester]] (also linking to London/Westminster much of [[Surrey]] including [[Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]] and [[Guildford]]) (this was [[Stane Street (Chichester)|one of the Stane Street]]s). The proximity to London meant stalls, stables and stores were by the late medieval period numerous. The first mention of Newington (or Neweton) occurs in the [[Testa de Nevill]] (a survey of feudal tenure officially known as the Book of Fees compiled 1198–1242) during the reign of [[Henry III of England|Henry III]], wherein it is stated that ''the queen's goldsmith holds of the king one acre of land in Neweton, by the service of rendering a gallon of honey''.<ref name="Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay & Keay 2008 587">{{cite book|author=Weinreb|author2=Hibbert|author3=Keay|author4=Keay|name-list-style=amp|title=The London Encyclopaedia|publisher=Macmillan|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4050-4924-5|page=587}}</ref> In 1313 it is mentioned again in the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]'s Register as ''Newington juxta London''.<ref name="Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay & Keay 2008 587"/> The name survives now in the street names [[Newington Causeway]] and [[Newington Butts]] and in the open space [[Newington Gardens]], on the site of [[Horsemonger Lane Gaol]] (1791–1878).

Newington as a [[wards of the United Kingdom|ward]] currently is a name for one of the equal-electorate drawn divisions of councillors of the [[London Borough of Southwark]], covering from Walworth Road up to the borough's western limit with [[South Lambeth]], [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]].