Newnham
Newnham or Newnham on Severn is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Royal Woodland of Dean, on the west financial institution of the River Severn, approximately 10 miles south-west of Gloucester as well as three miles southeast of Cinderford. It gets on the A48 road between Gloucester as well as Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. The village has a parish council. A parish church was established in the 14th century (although there had actually been a chapel of convenience since 1018), as well as in 1366 a brand-new church building was improved the high ground of the village as the old one dealt with erosion from the river. The brand-new structure has itself been damaged by a gunpowder surge in 1644 throughout the English Civil War and a fire in 1881, yet is still being used. As a result of Newnham's location on the Severn, the Old Romans built three roads via the location, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons established an irreversible negotiation, the Normans built a motte-and-bailey stronghold for protection, as well as in medieval times it came to be a significant port with links around Great Britain and also Ireland. In 1171, Henry II of England staged an intrusion of Ireland from Newnham. One account declared that he dove in with 400 ships and 5,000 men, which suggests its significance as a port. Temporarily Newnham was one of the most effective Gloucestershire community west of the Severn. Its role as a port as well as trading center decreased, nonetheless, rapidly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. In 1810, an early effort at a Severn tunnel started building simply southern of Newnham. Work was abandoned after flooding in 1812. The civil parish becomes part of Newnham and also Westbury electoral ward. This ward starts in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and afterwards adheres to the River Severn to Newnham. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.
