Newnham is a village which lies about 5mi SW of Faversham in Kent. The church of Sts. Peter and Paul is in the centre of the village and dates mostly from the 12th-14thc or 15thc. It has a nave and chancel with aisles on both sides which extend to form E chapels level with the chancel, as well as a NW tower and N porch. There is probable late 12thc material in the chancel arch.

Newnham is not mentioned in DB. The nearest settlement is at North Eastling, which was held by Odo of Bayeux.

Stephen Glynne, writing in the first half of the 19thc, mentions 'capitals of foliage' in his posthumous publication of 1877. This could have been an error caused by a trick of the light, or alternatively could suggest they were changed in the restoration of 1868; a 19thc intervention here might explain the unusual lack of a quirk on the abaci.

The presence of a shaft ring is a feature normally associated with joins between Purbeck shafts which occur in narrow bed heights. Its presence here implies a late 12thc date for this feature.

Note: The N aisle is described in the official listing as 'c.1200' but there is nothing specifically Romanesque about it, and so has not been included.