In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newnham Murren like this:
NEWNHAM-MURREN, a parish, with a village, in the district of Wallingford and county of Oxford; on the river Thames, under the Chiltern hills, 1 mile S S E of Wallingford r. station. Post-town, Wallingford. Acres, 1,830. Real property, £2, 670. Pop., 231. Houses, 47. The manor belongs to Hedges, Esq, The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of North Stoke, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is ancient, and has been entirely restored. A section of the parish, with a pop. of 58, is included in Stoke-Row chapelry. Charities, £9.
Newnham Murren through time
Newnham Murren is now part of South Oxfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Oxfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newnham Murren itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newnham Murren in South Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9994
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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