Newnham Murren Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:St. Mary's Church, Newnham Murren - geograph.org.uk - 45880.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren
Coordinates:51.596°N -1.116°W
Official Name:Newnham Murren
Civil Parish:Crowmarsh
Shire District:South Oxfordshire
Shire County:Oxfordshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Henley
Post Town:Wallingford
Postcode District:OX10
Postcode Area:OX
Dial Code:01491
Os Grid Reference:SU613888

Newnham Murren is a hamlet in the civil parish of Crowmarsh, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is in the Thames Valley, about 0.5miles east of the market town of Wallingford. Newnham Murren is now contiguous with the village of Crowmarsh Gifford. It has a church called St Mary's Church.

History

Newnham Murren is an ancient parish, recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Niweham.[1] The Church of England parish church of St Mary was built in the 12th century. Newnham Murren was a strip parish: a thin strip of land extending into the Chiltern Hills[2] including part of Stoke Row. Newnham Murren was made a civil parish in the 19th century, but on 1 April 1932 the civil parish was absorbed into the new civil parish of Crowmarsh.[3] In 1931 the parish had a population of 249.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Salzman . L.F. . Louis Francis Salzman . 1939 . A history of the County of Oxford: Volume 1 . London . . . 20 August 2011.
  2. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/boundary_map_page.jsp?u_id=10342673&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain: Boundary map
  3. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10342673&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain website
  4. Web site: Population statistics Newnham Murren CP/Ch through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 24 May 2024.