Newnham Murren

Coordinates: 51°35′46″N 1°06′58″W / 51.596°N 1.116°W / 51.596; -1.116

Newnham Murren
Newnham Murren  Newnham Murren shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU613888
Parish	Crowmarsh
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wallingford
Postcode district	OX10
Dialling code	01491
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Henley
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Newnham Murren is a village in the Thames Valley in South Oxfordshire, about 0.5 miles (800 m) east of the market town of Wallingford. Newnham Murren is in the civil parish of Crowmarsh and is now contiguous with the village of Crowmarsh Gifford.

History

Newnham Murren was an ancient parish, mentioned in Domesday Book as Niweham.^[1] The parish church of St Mary dates back to 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.

The parish became a civil parish in the 19th century, but in 1932 the civil parish was abolished, and merged into the new civil parish of Crowmarsh.^[3]

See also

• St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren

References

1. ^ L. F. Salzman (editor) (1939). "The Domesday survey: The text". A history of the County of Oxford: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=101938&strquery=Newnham. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
2. ^ Vision of Britain: Boundary map
3. ^ Vision of Britain website

External links

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