The Kings Newnham Fish Ponds are part of Kings Newnham Hall Farm, having been included as part of the 1918 sale of village land and properties.
The ponds date from medieval times, and are likely to have been constructed for the use of the “Austin Canons” of Kenilworth Priory, and order which followed the rules or “canons” of St Augustine.
The Manor of Newnham Regis had been granted to the Priory in the 1120s by Sir Geoffrey Clinton. The ponds were used to breed and store carp, providing sustenance for the worthy Canons.
