Newnham
Newnham or Newnham on Severn is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Royal Forest of Dean, on the west financial institution of the River Severn, approximately 10 miles south-west of Gloucester and also three miles southeast of Cinderford. It is on the A48 road in between Gloucester and 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 simplicity because 1018), and in 1366 a new church building was improved the high ground of the town as the old one dealt with erosion from the river. The brand-new building has itself been harmed by a gunpowder explosion in 1644 throughout the English Civil War as well as a fire in 1881, but is still being used. Because of Newnham's location on the Severn, the Old Romans developed 3 roads through the area, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons developed a permanent negotiation, the Normans constructed a motte-and-bailey fortification 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 intrusion of Ireland from Newnham. One account asserted that he set sail with 400 ships and 5,000 guys, which recommends its significance as a port. For a time Newnham was the most effective Gloucestershire town west of the Severn. Its duty as a port as well as trading center decreased, nonetheless, quickly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester as well as Sharpness Canal. In 1810, an early effort at a Severn tunnel started construction simply southern of Newnham. Work was abandoned after flooding in 1812. The civil parish belongs to Newnham as well as Westbury electoral ward. This ward starts in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and then adheres to the River Severn to Newnham. The complete population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.
