Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Newnham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Newnham.-- town and par. with ry. sta., Gloucestershire, on river Severn, 11 miles SW. of Gloucester and 114 miles from London, 1937 ac. pop. 1455; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Newnham was formerly a borough, sending 1 member to Parliament. It is situated on the high road from Gloucester to Chepstow, and has a fair industry in tanning, and trade in timber, bark, coal, slate, &c. There is a line of railway to the coal and iron mines of the Forest of Dean.
A village in Westbury hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.