Newnham is a small village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies north of the town of Baldock. It shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Caldecote. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 88.
History St Vincent's Church dates back to the 12th century, and features several medieval wall murals.
The solicitor and historian Reginald Hine (1883-1949) was born in Newnham Hall.Alan L. Fleck, ‘Hine, Reginald Leslie (1883–1949)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2016
Governance
There are three tiers of local government covering Newnham, at parish, district, and county level: Caldecote and Newnham Parish Council, North Hertfordshire District Council, and Hertfordshire County Council. The parish council is a grouped parish council, also covering the neighbouring parish of Caldecote.
References
Sources British History Online: Newnham Vision of Britain: Newnham Vision of Britain: Newnham statistics
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