Newnham Murren

Newnham Murren
St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren
Newnham Murren Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU613888
Civil 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
UK Parliament	Henley

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 0.5 miles (800 m) 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]

References

1. Salzman, L.F., ed. (1939). A history of the County of Oxford: Volume 1. Victoria County History. London: Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
2. Vision of Britain: Boundary map
3. Vision of Britain website
4. "Population statistics Newnham Murren CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

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