Newington is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) north of Wallingford.

[1] Archaeological work in the grounds of Newington House in the early 1980s and the latter half of the 2000s revealed extensive medieval occupation including at least one smithy.

The earliest in situ remains are evidence for plots from after the Norman conquest of England, indating from the late 11th and early 12th centuries.

Whether smithing was carried out elsewhere in Newington is still unknown, but by the 15th century the plot where the smithy formerly existed had been dug over and used for the disposal of rubbish.

There is a 14th-century reference to Andrew le Smith from the attached hamlet of Brightwell;[2] probably Britwell Prior.

[3] Early in the 11th century, a manor in the northern part of Berrick was joined to the parish of Newington.

[citation needed] After the Parliament passed the Berrick Prior Inclosure Act 1810 (50 Geo.