Newnham
Newnham or Newnham on Severn is a town in west Gloucestershire, England. It depends on the Royal Woodland of Dean, on the west bank of the River Severn, about 10 miles south-west of Gloucester and 3 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 actually been a chapel of ease since 1018), and also in 1366 a brand-new church building was built on the high ground of the village as the old one faced erosion from the river. The new building has itself been harmed by a gunpowder explosion in 1644 throughout the English Civil War and a fire in 1881, however is still in use. Because of Newnham's area on the Severn, the Old Romans developed three roads via the place, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons developed an irreversible negotiation, the Normans built a motte-and-bailey fortification for support, as well as in middle ages times it ended up being a major port with web 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 out with 400 ships as well as 5,000 males, which recommends its importance as a port. For a while Newnham was the most successful Gloucestershire community west of the Severn. Its role as a port and also trading center decreased, however, rapidly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester as well as Sharpness Canal. In 1810, an early effort at a Severn tunnel started building simply south of Newnham. Job was deserted after flooding in 1812. The civil parish belongs to Newnham as well as 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.