Newnham
Adjacent Parishes: Ashwell, Bygrave, Caldecote, Radwell
It is in the Cashio Hundred and the Hitchin Union
The Church of St Vincent, Newnham
[Cover of Hertfordshire Countryside, September, 1968]
NEWNHAM, a parish in the hundred of Cashio, or liberty of St. Alban's, county of Hertford, 3 miles (N.) from Baldock, containing 112 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconary of St. Alban's, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £5, endowed with £400 royal bounty. P. Yorke, Esq. was patron in 1796. The church is dedicated to St. Vincent.
Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831
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Parish Church Newnham Postcard circa 1920s? |
In 1881 the population had increased to 113 and the following inhabitants are listed:
Parish Clerk. Henry Lucas
Post Office, Mrs Rebecca Pratt, postmistress
Free School, supported by J. Trueman Mills, esq.; Miss Rodgers, mistress
Wrenford, Rev. Edwin C., Vicarage
Doggett, Arthur, farmer
Hine, Neville, farmer
Kelly's Hertfordshire Directory, 1882
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Last updated May 2008