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, roughly 10 miles south-west of Gloucester and 3 miles southeast of Cinderford. It gets on the A48 road between Gloucester and also 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 considering that 1018), and also in 1366 a brand-new church structure was built on the high ground of the village as the old one encountered disintegration from the river. The brand-new structure 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 use. Due to Newnham's place on the Severn, the Ancient Romans developed 3 roads through the place, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons developed a permanent settlement, the Normans developed a motte-and-bailey fortification for protection, and 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 set sail with 400 ships as well as 5,000 men, which suggests its importance as a port. For a while Newnham was the most effective Gloucestershire town west of the Severn. Its function as a port and also trading hub decreased, nonetheless, swiftly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester and also Sharpness Canal. In 1810, an early effort at a Severn passage began construction simply southern of Newnham. Work was deserted after flooding in 1812. The civil parish is part of Newnham and Westbury selecting ward. This ward starts 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.