Newnham
Newnham or Newnham on Severn is a town in west Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Royal Woodland of Dean, on the west financial institution of the River Severn, about 10 miles south-west of Gloucester and also three 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 established in the 14th century (although there had been a chapel of convenience given that 1018), and in 1366 a new church structure was improved the high ground of the village as the old one dealt with erosion from the river. The brand-new structure has itself been harmed by a gunpowder surge in 1644 during the English Civil War and also a fire in 1881, however is still being used. Due to Newnham's place on the Severn, the Ancient Romans developed three roads with the location, where they forded the river. The Anglo-Saxons established an irreversible settlement, the Normans built a motte-and-bailey stronghold for defence, and in middle ages times it became a significant port with web links around Great Britain and also Ireland. In 1171, Henry II of England presented an invasion of Ireland from Newnham. One account declared that he set out with 400 ships and also 5,000 men, which suggests its relevance as a port. For a while Newnham was the most effective Gloucestershire community west of the Severn. Its duty as a port and trading center declined, however, rapidly with the 1827 opening of the Gloucester as well as Sharpness Canal. In 1810, a very early attempt at a Severn tunnel began building and construction just southern of Newnham. Job was deserted after flooding in 1812. The civil parish belongs to Newnham and Westbury selecting ward. This ward begins in the north at Westbury-on-Severn and afterwards complies with the River Severn to Newnham. The overall population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,088.