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New Romney
(Cinque Port and Storm)
Name Derivation
New Romney was derived from the village of Romney (now Old Romney) which was moved further
into the English Channel as the Limen / Rother deposited silt at its mouth. The name comes
from the Anglo Saxon Niwe Romm eg (New ram's island) so sheep were raised on the marshes from
at least Anglo Saxon times.
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General Details
New Romney originally lay on the edge of the Rhee Wall in the Rother estuary,
it now lies about 1/2 mile inland from the coast in the middle of the
Romney Marsh .
The first church built in New Romney was St Nicholas which was started by
Bishop Odo half brother to William the Conqueror in 1080 and completed
50 years later in 1130.
Old Romney and New Romney were linked, with the port at New Romney moving
further away from the old town as the coastline spread into the
English Channel. This creeping away of the harbour continued, until the
1100's when the distance between Romney and its harbour became too great,
and the two villages separated.
The Cinque Ports first mentioned in a Royal Charter of 1155 originally
consisted of the "Ports" of Hastings , New Romney , Hythe , Dover and
Sandwich , so we know that New Romney had become the major village at
this time.
During 1287 AD a severe storm hit the channel, and the movement of shingle
from Dungeness blocked the outlet of the Rother at New Romney , the river
changed its path to its current position to Rye and out into the sea.
New Romney had its harbour devastated and shingle and mud flooded the town.
The prosperity of the village declined from the storm, and in 1550 only
one church of the original five was left standing.
smuggling of wool ( owling ) was rife from the 1300's till 1724 when the
French found they could obtain cheap wool from Ireland. The smuggling in
the area continued till the 1840's when it was mostly stopped by the Excise
men.
There is a local legend that in the late 1700's a young girl was found
hanged in the New Inn and that her ghostly form can been seen walking
the rooms and passageways.
On the 16th July 1927, the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RHDR) a narrow gauge railway
was opened, New Romney is its base, where the engine sheds are located.
The railway was built by Captain J. E. P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski to
serve the local population and tourist trade, it stretches for nearly 14 miles
from Hythe through Dymchurch , St Marys Bay ,its base at New Romney ,Romney Sands
and then to the fishermens cottages and lighthouses at Dungeness . It is still
a major tourist attraction and well worth a visit.
(Click here for the Official RHDR site)
The railway was built by Captain J. E. P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski to
serve the local population and tourist trade.
St Nicholas at New Romney is one of those churches supported by the
Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust .
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Services
 New Romney has quite a few shops as it is a small town, and has the
usual small town services.
The nearest main shops are at Ashford about 20 miles to the north east.
The nearest trains run from Appledore about 5 miles north.
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