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 as well as 3 miles southeast of Cinderford. It is on the A48 road between Gloucester as well as Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. The village has a parish council. A parish church was established in the 14th century (although there had been a chapel of convenience given that 1018), as well as 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 explosion in 1644 throughout the English Civil War and also a fire in 1881, yet is still in operation. Because of Newnham's place on the Severn, the Ancient Romans built three roads through the place, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons developed an irreversible settlement, the Normans constructed a motte-and-bailey fortification for protection, and in middle ages times it came to be a significant port with links around Great Britain and Ireland. In 1171, Henry II of England staged an invasion of Ireland from Newnham. One account asserted that he set sail with 400 ships as well as 5,000 men, which recommends its significance as a port. Temporarily Newnham was one of the most effective Gloucestershire community west of the Severn. Its role as a port as well as 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 tunnel started construction just southern of Newnham. Job was deserted after flooding in 1812. The civil parish becomes part of Newnham and Westbury electoral ward. This ward begins in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and after that follows the River Severn to Newnham. The overall population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.
