Newnham (Old)
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Newnham in the parish of Plympton St Mary in Devon is a historic estate long held by the Devonshire gentry family of Strode. The ancient mansion house is situated 1 mile north-east of St Mary's Church
Old Newnham in 2014, looking northward
Old Newnham, west wing, looking north-eastward
"Nuneham Mills", one of three 1797 watercolours by Rev. John Swete (d.1821) of the mill attached to the manor of Newnham. Devon Record Office 564M/F13/65
Effigy of Richard II Strode (d.1464) of Newnham, detail from his canopied monument in St Mary's Church, Plympton
William Strode (1614–1676)
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Sir William Strode of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon, was a member of the Devonshire gentry and twice served as MP for his family's pocket borough of Plympton Erle, in 1660 and 1661–1676.
Newnham (Old)
…1604, Bridport in 1626 and for Plympton Erle in 1640. He was a puritan and during the Civil War a parliamentarian who raised a force of 3,000 dragoons. William V Strode (1614–1676) (son), twice MP for Plympton Erle, in 1660 and 1661-1676. Richard VII Strode (1638–1707) (eldest son from 1st marriage), MP for Plympton…
Old Newnham House, Devon. Painted in 1797