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, about 10 miles south-west of Gloucester and also three miles southeast of Cinderford. It gets on the A48 road between Gloucester and Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. The town has a parish council. A parish church was developed in the 14th century (although there had actually been a chapel of simplicity given that 1018), and in 1366 a new church structure was built on the high ground of the village as the old one encountered erosion from the river. The brand-new building has itself been harmed by a gunpowder surge in 1644 throughout the English Civil War and also a fire in 1881, yet is still in operation. As a result of Newnham's place on the Severn, the Old Romans built 3 roads through the location, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons developed a permanent negotiation, the Normans constructed a motte-and-bailey fortification for support, and in middle ages times it came to be a major port with web links around Great Britain as well as Ireland. In 1171, Henry II of England staged an intrusion of Ireland from Newnham. One account declared that he set out with 400 ships and also 5,000 males, which recommends its significance as a port. Temporarily Newnham was the most successful Gloucestershire community west of the Severn. Its duty as a port and trading hub declined, nevertheless, rapidly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester and also Sharpness Canal. In 1810, a very early attempt at a Severn tunnel started building simply south of Newnham. Work was deserted after flooding in 1812. The civil parish belongs to Newnham and also Westbury selecting ward. This ward begins in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and after that follows the River Severn to Newnham. The complete population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.
