Newnham
Newnham or Newnham on Severn is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. It depends on the Royal Woodland of Dean, on the west bank of the River Severn, approximately 10 miles south-west of Gloucester and also 3 miles southeast of Cinderford. It is on the A48 road in between Gloucester and also Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. The town has a parish council. A parish church was established in the 14th century (although there had been a church of simplicity because 1018), as well as in 1366 a brand-new church building was improved the high ground of the village as the old one faced erosion from the river. The new structure has itself been harmed by a gunpowder explosion in 1644 during the English Civil War and also a fire in 1881, yet is still in use. As a result of Newnham's place on the Severn, the Old Romans developed 3 roads through the location, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons developed a long-term settlement, the Normans built a motte-and-bailey stronghold for defence, as well as in middle ages times it came to be a major port with links around Great Britain and also Ireland. In 1171, Henry II of England presented an invasion of Ireland from Newnham. One account declared that he dove in with 400 ships as well as 5,000 guys, which recommends its relevance as a port. Temporarily Newnham was the most successful Gloucestershire town west of the Severn. Its role as a port and also trading hub decreased, nevertheless, swiftly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. In 1810, an early effort at a Severn passage started construction simply south of Newnham. Job was abandoned after flooding in 1812. The civil parish belongs to Newnham and Westbury selecting ward. This ward begins in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and then adheres to the River Severn to Newnham. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.
