Newnham Murren
{{Short description|Hamlet in Oxfordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country= England
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|static_image_caption= St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren
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|official_name= Newnham Murren
|population=
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|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
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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 {{Convert|0.5|mi|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.{{cite book |editor-last=Salzman |editor-first=L.F. |editor-link=Louis Francis Salzman |year=1939 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=101938&strquery=Newnham |location=London |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |series=Victoria County History |title=A history of the County of Oxford: Volume 1 |access-date=20 August 2011}} 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[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/boundary_map_page.jsp?u_id=10342673&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain: Boundary map] 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.[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10342673&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain website] In 1931 the parish had a population of 249.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10342673/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Newnham Murren CP/Ch through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=24 May 2024}}
References
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Category:Villages in Oxfordshire
Category:Populated places on the River Thames
Category:Former civil parishes in Oxfordshire
Category:Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Category:South Oxfordshire District
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