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, around 10 miles south-west of Gloucester and also three miles southeast of Cinderford. It is on the A48 road between Gloucester and Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. The town has a parish council. A parish church was developed in the 14th century (although there had been a chapel of simplicity given that 1018), and in 1366 a new church structure was improved the high ground of the town as the old one dealt with erosion from the river. The new structure has itself been harmed by a gunpowder explosion in 1644 throughout 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 constructed three roads via the place, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons developed a long-term negotiation, the Normans developed a motte-and-bailey fortification for protection, and in medieval times it ended up being a major port with web links around Great Britain as well as Ireland. In 1171, Henry II of England presented an invasion of Ireland from Newnham. One account declared that he set sail with 400 ships and also 5,000 guys, which suggests its relevance as a port. Temporarily Newnham was one of the most successful Gloucestershire community west of the Severn. Its duty as a port and trading center declined, nonetheless, rapidly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester and also Sharpness Canal. In 1810, a very early effort at a Severn passage began building and construction simply south of Newnham. Work was deserted after flooding in 1812. The civil parish becomes part of Newnham and Westbury selecting ward. This ward begins in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and after that adheres to the River Severn to Newnham. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.
