[1] Newton is about 3 miles (5 km) north east of Rugby, and is close to the A5 road which marks the border with Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, the three counties meet at Dow Bridge east of the village, where the A5 crosses the River Avon.

Although the thatched building has a brick facing, probably added in the 17th century, its core is a massive oak cruck frame of indeterminate age, possibly Saxon.

The origins of the name are not believed to be directly linked with "London" but rather a corruption of the Old English "utlenden".

Utlenden (outsiders) were Welsh drovers who set up camps on waste land en route to markets in London.

Edward Cave, the 18th century publisher of the world's first magazine was born in the village in 1691.