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, around 10 miles south-west of Gloucester and 3 miles southeast of Cinderford. It is on the A48 road in between Gloucester as well as 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 convenience because 1018), and also in 1366 a new church structure was built on the high ground of the town as the old one faced disintegration from the river. The new structure has itself been damaged by a gunpowder surge in 1644 during the English Civil War and a fire in 1881, however is still being used. As a result of Newnham's location on the Severn, the Old Romans constructed 3 roads through the area, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons developed a long-term settlement, the Normans developed a motte-and-bailey fortification for protection, as well as in middle ages times it ended up being 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 out with 400 ships and 5,000 males, which suggests its significance as a port. For a while Newnham was one of the most effective Gloucestershire town west of the Severn. Its role as a port and also trading center decreased, nonetheless, rapidly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester as well as Sharpness Canal. In 1810, a very early attempt at a Severn passage began building and construction simply south of Newnham. Work was abandoned after flooding in 1812. The civil parish belongs to Newnham and also Westbury electoral ward. This ward begins in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and after that complies with the River Severn to Newnham. The overall population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.
