There are many reference to the Newnham Regis Baths or Newnham Wells in publications over many centuries, as discussed here.
Perhaps the earliest reference from the printed press still in existence comes from the Coventry and Warwick Mercury of 5th August 1776, which carried an “ode” extolling the medicinal virtues of the Newnham waters, entitled, “An Old World Inland Watering Place,”. appeared a 58-line ode, reproduced below. It also has a footnote stating: “These waters are exceedingly efficacious in removing disorders, particularly the scurvy, leprosy, ulcers, the evil, inflammation of the eyes, rheumatism, etc.”
