Newnham
Newnham or Newnham on Severn is a town in west Gloucestershire, England. It lies in 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 gets on the A48 road in between Gloucester as well as Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. The village has a parish council. A parish church was developed in the 14th century (although there had been a church of ease considering that 1018), and also in 1366 a brand-new church building was built on the high ground of the village as the old one faced disintegration from the river. The new structure has itself been harmed by a gunpowder surge in 1644 throughout the English Civil War as well as a fire in 1881, however is still in operation. Because of Newnham's location on the Severn, the Ancient Romans developed 3 roads via the area, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons developed a long-term settlement, the Normans built a motte-and-bailey fortification for defence, and in middle ages times it came to be a significant 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 guys, which recommends its importance as a port. Temporarily Newnham was the most effective Gloucestershire community west of the Severn. Its role as a port and also trading center decreased, nevertheless, swiftly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester and also Sharpness Canal. In 1810, a very early effort at a Severn passage started building just southern of Newnham. Work was deserted after flooding in 1812. The civil parish belongs to Newnham and Westbury electoral ward. This ward starts in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and then adheres to the River Severn to Newnham. The overall population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.