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• Photos of King's Newton, Derbyshire
Kings Newton is a pretty hamlet within the parish of Melbourne, South Derbyshire, about 8 miles south of Derby. It is on the border with Leicestershire near Isley Walton.
Both the river Trent and Trent and Mersey canal run about 1 mile north of King's Newton.

It has several 18th century houses and some timber framed houses. Kings Newton contains a 17th century hall, built for the Hardinge family which was burnt down in 1859 but restored by the railway magnate Sir Cecil Paget in 1910. The entrance to the hall has a fine wrought iron gate, made in the Bakewell style.

It was in the roof-gutter of the Hardinge Arms pub that the seedling apple-tree was found by Samuel Taylor from which originated the famous Newton Wonder apple!

The "Kings" prefix appears about 1300 in order to distinguish the place from other Newtons in the area.The village cross is a modern replacement but unusual since it is dedicated to the uncrowned Edward VIII (1936).

The medieval Holy Well was restored by Melbourne Civic Society in 1984/5 and is located down Ward's Lane which runs from the Packhorse roundabout to Swarkestone Bridge. Much of the prosperity of the hamlet originally stemmed from the considerable number of market gardens in the locality.
Jawbone Lane is one of the roads that links Melbourne to Kings Newton.

Other notable buildings in King's Newton are "Manor Oak", a thatched house on Sleepy Lane (off Trent Lane).
54-56 Main Street, a timber framed house with a cruck frame exposed in its eastern gable alongside the public footpath Chantry House, a large stone house on Main Street "tudorised" for Mr. Orton by Henry Stevens of Derby, architect, in 1851. Church House, with it's semi-circular steps to the front door. This is a very stylish house of c1700 built by the Beresford family.

Pubs
The Packhorse is located on Pack Horse Road.
The Hardinge Arms is located on Main street (this was boarded up (closed) when I visited)

Maps
For a local map of the Kings Newton area click HERE.
For a aerial photo with overlayed map click HERE