Editing Monica Edwards (section)

==Early life==
She was born in [[Belper]], [[Derbyshire]] on 8 November 1912, the third of four children born to the Reverend Harry and Beryl Newton. The family moved to [[Wakefield]], [[Yorkshire]] in 1919. As well as being a vicar, Harry Newton was a diocesan [[exorcist]] and often took his children with him when performing exorcisms.<ref>Parks 2010, pp. 21–22.</ref> In 1927 the family moved to [[Rye Harbour]] in [[Romney Marsh]], [[Sussex]] where Harry Newton remained as vicar until 1936. The young Monica Newton received a fragmentary formal education: she is known to have attended [[Wakefield Girls' High School]] between September 1920 and July 1921<ref>Parks 2010, p. 21.</ref> and when the family were living at Rye Harbour she was sent to [[St Brandon's School]], Bristol where she remained for just three months in 1928 before returning to Sussex.<ref>Parks 2010, p. 30.</ref> She received no further formal education.