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· 1766 The Court Leet ordered the Lord of the Manor to move the pound to the Round Green

· 1839 Newnham tithe map ( Glos. Archives GDR/TI/129)

Plot 303 Newnham Green Owner Parish Occupier Public

Plot 276 Parish Pound (shown at north end of Newnham Green)

Owner Parish Occupier Public

· 1880 The Lord of the Manor sold to the town all his rights in the green.

(Glos Archives Newnham Parish Records quoting Charity Commission unreported .vol. 185, pp.80-82)

· 1894-1935 Accounts of tolls collected for fairs at Newnham, and fines for straying animals impounded (Glos Archives D265/M6). This volume gives details of animals impounded and the amount of poundage paid to the Lord of the Manor from 1894 to 1928. From 1929-1935 Lists show ‘No income from the Pound’

· 1968 VCH Volume X states that in 1968 the pound was used to store salt in the winter (Ex.info Miss Kerr)