Newnham
Newnham or Newnham on Severn is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. It hinges on the Royal Forest of Dean, on the west bank of the River Severn, about 10 miles south-west of Gloucester and also three 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 chapel of ease given that 1018), and in 1366 a brand-new church structure was improved the high ground of the village as the old one faced disintegration from the river. The brand-new building has itself been damaged by a gunpowder surge in 1644 during the English Civil War and also a fire in 1881, but is still in operation. Due to Newnham's place on the Severn, the Ancient Romans constructed 3 roads with the location, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons established a permanent settlement, the Normans built a motte-and-bailey fortification for protection, and in medieval times it ended up being a major port with links around Great Britain as well as Ireland. In 1171, Henry II of England presented an invasion of Ireland from Newnham. One account claimed that he dove in with 400 ships and 5,000 males, which suggests its significance as a port. For a time Newnham was one of the most effective Gloucestershire town west of the Severn. Its function as a port as well as trading center declined, nevertheless, quickly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. In 1810, a very early effort at a Severn passage began construction just south of Newnham. Job was abandoned after flooding in 1812. The civil parish becomes part of Newnham and Westbury selecting ward. This ward starts in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and afterwards adheres to the River Severn to Newnham. The overall population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.
