Newnham
Newnham or Newnham on Severn is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. It depends on the Royal Forest of Dean, on the west bank of the River Severn, roughly 10 miles south-west of Gloucester as well as 3 miles southeast of Cinderford. It gets on the A48 road in between Gloucester and Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. The town has a parish council. A parish church was developed in the 14th century (although there had actually been a chapel of ease given that 1018), as well as in 1366 a new church building was built on the high ground of the town as the old one dealt with erosion from the river. The new building has itself been harmed by a gunpowder surge in 1644 throughout the English Civil War as well as a fire in 1881, but is still in operation. Due to Newnham's place on the Severn, the Ancient Romans built three roads via the location, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons developed a long-term negotiation, the Normans built a motte-and-bailey fortification for support, and in medieval times it became a major port with web links around Great Britain and also Ireland. In 1171, Henry II of England presented an intrusion of Ireland from Newnham. One account asserted that he dove in with 400 ships and also 5,000 men, which suggests its relevance as a port. For a time Newnham was one of the most successful Gloucestershire community west of the Severn. Its duty as a port as well as trading center decreased, however, swiftly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. In 1810, a very early effort at a Severn passage started building just south of Newnham. Work was deserted after flooding in 1812. The civil parish is part of Newnham and also Westbury electoral ward. This ward begins in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and after that follows the River Severn to Newnham. The overall population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.
