Newnham Murren
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| Newnham Murren | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU615890 |
| Location: | 51°35’49"N, 1°6’44"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Wallingford |
| Postcode: | OX10 |
| Dialling code: | 01491 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Oxfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Henley |
Newnham Murren is a hamlet beside the River Thames in Oxfordshire, which has grown to be contiguous with the village of Crowmarsh Gifford, the latter on the north side of the village standing across the river from Wallingford in Berkshire, to which it is joined by a bridge.
History
Newnham Murren is an ancient parish, recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Niweham.[1]
The parish church, 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.
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References
- ↑ A History of the County of Oxford - Volume 1 pp 396-428: The Domesday survey: The Text (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Vision of Britain: Boundary map