The Village Murder Casebook

Fictional location file · 1 case

Newton Magna

Newton Magna is a fictional Midsomer village. Scenes in its linked episodes were filmed at Old Amersham, Hambleden, Little Missenden.

The fictional village of Newton Magna appears in 1 Midsomer Murders case, in Who Killed Cock Robin?. Its screen identity sits among classic stories. Explore the linked episodes below to follow the village through the series.

AI-generated story interpretation of the fictional setting Newton Magna
AI-generated story interpretation · not a canonical view or real photograph

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Episode recordCasebook interpretationVerified filming linkOriginal fan art

Casebook interpretation

Welcome to Newton Magna

Newton Magna is shaped by one linked case. Its stories lean toward classic.

Editorial interpretation The village is fictional; real places linked to its stories are listed below when known.

What the Casebook has on file

At a glance

The details below describe the village as it appears in the programme; Midsomer is a fictional county.

Cases
1
On-screen years
2001
Barnaby era
Tom Barnaby
Detective
DCI Tom Barnaby
Investigating partner
DS Gavin Troy
Casebook tone
Classic

Stories set here

Cases connected to Newton Magna

Spoiler-light summaries, with a direct route into each complete episode file.

Series 4, Episode 4 · 2001

Who Killed Cock Robin?

A doctor's late-night collision and a body recovered from a well turn two missing men into one unusually tangled village case.

  • Village doctor
  • Missing man
  • Community secrets
The opening question—where did the man hit by the car go?—keeps changing as Barnaby establishes which disappearance he is actually solving.Read the episode guide →

Institutions & village life

Places and village life

No named institution in the linked cases.

No separate pub, school, church, club or business is named in the linked case information.

Curated story character

Themes associated with this setting

Four distinctive ingredients are shown here. Linked case files retain the complete theme record without overwhelming the village portrait.

Original fan art of an eccentric country laboratory and observatory
Science & technologyVillage doctorOriginal AI-generated fan art · editorial grouping
Original fan art of sealed letters and evidence in a dark study
Crime & secretsMissing manOriginal AI-generated fan art · editorial grouping
Original fan art of old and modern institutions around a locked archive
Families & institutionsCommunity secretsOriginal AI-generated fan art · editorial grouping

Fan calculation · not canon

Village survival card

Case-file danger
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Documented cases
1
Most suspicious pastime
Village doctor
Best precaution
Decline the invitation politely

This playful score uses only the number of linked cases and breadth of recorded themes. It is not a population or canonical crime-rate statistic.

Fiction versus filming

Real places connected to these cases

These are broader verified filming areas attached to the episode files—not proof that one real village represents the whole fictional setting.

Historic shopfronts and buildings on Old Amersham High Street
Buckinghamshire

Old Amersham

Historic streets and period buildings repeatedly become Causton, village centres, shops and institutions.

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Hambleden village shop and post office in a traditional brick building
Buckinghamshire

Hambleden

Its church, shop, mill and village streets appear in early cases, while much of Wild Harvest was filmed here.

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St John the Baptist Church in Little Missenden
Buckinghamshire

Little Missenden

A recurring village double whose streets, church, manor and Red Lion helped establish the look of Badger's Drift and later communities.

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