Newnham Murren is a village in the Thames Valley

River Thames

The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...

 in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire is a local government district in Oxfordshire, England. Its council is based in Crowmarsh Gifford, just outside Wallingford....

, about 0.5 miles (804.7 m) east of the market town

Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...

 of Wallingford. Newnham Murren is in the civil parish of Crowmarsh

Crowmarsh

Crowmarsh is a civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England.-Formation and constituent settlements:The civil parish was formed on 1 April 1932 by the amalgamation of four existing parishes....

 and is now contiguous with the village of Crowmarsh Gifford

Crowmarsh Gifford

Crowmarsh Gifford is a village in the civil parish of Crowmarsh in South Oxfordshire. It is beside the River Thames opposite the market town of Wallingford, the two being linked via Wallingford Bridge...

.

History

Newnham Murren was an ancient parish, mentioned in Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 as Niweham. The parish church of St Mary

St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren

St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren, is a redundant Anglican church in the hamlet of Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust...

 dates back to the 12th century.

Newnham Murren was a strip parish, a thin strip of land extending into the Chiltern Hills

Chiltern Hills

The Chiltern Hills form a chalk escarpment in South East England. They are known locally as "the Chilterns". A large portion of the hills was designated officially as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1965.-Location:...

 including part of Stoke Row.

The parish became a civil parish in the 19th century, but in 1932 the civil parish was abolished, and merged into the new civil parish of Crowmarsh.