Newtown Linford relocation of people when the Ferrers family of Groby turned Bradgate into a deer park. The people who lived within the estate were moved to the "New Town" - or hamlet as it would have been then, at the ford of the river Lin (once located at the junction of Markfield Lane and Main Street). The village was first documented in 1293 and was previously known as "Lyndynford". The villagers were all tenants of the Ferrers family, and later the Grey family. The village is famous for Bradgate Park, a large country park which was home to Lady Jane Grey,
Newtown Square Friends Meeting House company that became General Mills. By 1984 the membership of the meeting was reduced to 14 members, and the meeting began the process of being "laid down" or discontinued. Nevertheless, with the help of the Havertown Quarterly Meeting, the meeting continued operation. The Meeting House celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2011. It remains in use for worship on "First Day", Sundays, at 10:00 a.m. Newtown Square Friends Meeting House The Newtown Square Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meetinghouse in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States, built in 1711 and expanded in 1791 and 1891. It has housed, and continues