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NEWPORT 



Newport. MUM. borough and 

 i) the capital, of 

 of Wight. It stanch) on tin- 

 Medina, near the 

 centre of the 

 isliinil, 10 MI. from 

 Ryde, and i - 

 served by the 

 island rlys., of 

 which it is the 

 headquarters. The 

 chief luiildini,' is 

 the chmvli 

 Thomas. Rebuilt 

 in tin- 10th cen- 

 tury, it contains some memorials 

 from the older building, and a 

 monument to Princess Elizabeth, 

 daughter of Charles I. There is a 

 guildhall, corn exchange, museum, 

 a grammar school dating from 1 (> 1 _, 

 and a school for girls, which was 

 founded in 1761. 



In t he grammar school, Charles I 

 and the parliamentarians arranged 

 the treaty of Newport. The indus- 

 tries include the making of beer 

 and cement ; and the town is a 

 centre for the general trade of the 

 island. Newport began as a port, 

 and in the 12th and succeeding 

 centuries its citizens obtained vari- 

 ous privileges, while it took the 

 place of Carisbrooke, as the island 

 capital. In 1607 it became a 

 chartered town, and from 1584 to 

 1885 was separately represented in 

 Parliament. Market days, Tues. 

 and Sat. Pop. (1921) 11,036. 



Newport. County and mun. 

 borough, seaport and market town 

 of Monmouthshire, also the largest 

 town. It stands 

 on the Usk, 4 m. 

 from its mouth, 

 and is 12 m. from 

 Cardiff and 133 

 from London, 

 being served by 

 the G.W., L. & 

 N.W., and local 

 rlys. It is chiefly 

 on the W. side of 

 the river ; on the E. is the suburb 

 of Maindee, included in the borough 

 in 1889. The chief buildings are the 

 church of S. Woollos, some parts of 



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Newport, Monmouthshire. The High Street, looking E. 



Newport, Isle oi Wight. Parish church of 8. Thomas, rebuilt 

 1854-56, containing a memorial to Princess Elizabeth 



which are Norman and others Per- 

 pendicular, the town hall, the 

 offices of the county council, art 

 gallery, and museum and market 

 hall. Others include the technical 

 college, two theatres, the post 

 office, and the Royal Gwent Hos- 

 pital. There are remains, including 

 two towers, of a castle. Newport 

 does a large shipping trade, mainly 

 in coal and iron, for which it has 

 ample modern docks, covering 160 

 acres. Other industries are ship- 

 building, brass and iron founding, 

 and the manufactures of galvanised 

 iron sheets, steel tubes, nails, en- 

 gines, boilers, chemicals, railway 

 plant, glass, pottery, etc. During 

 the Great War a large factory was 

 erected here for the repair of war 

 material. A transporter bridge, 

 maintained by the council, crosses 

 the Usk. 



Newport owes its origin to its 

 position on the borders of Wales, 

 a castle having been built here 

 about 1200. The townsmen ob- 

 tained a guild merchant and other 

 privileges, and in 1624 it was made 

 a corporate town. Its modern 

 growth began with the opening; of 

 the S. Wales coalfield, and large 

 extensions of docks were made in 

 the 20th century to cope with the 

 increasing trade. In 1839 there was 

 a rising of the Chartists here. The 

 name of the new burgh was given 

 to the place about 1100 to dis- 

 tinguish it from 

 ' the older Caerleon, 

 and it became 

 Newport. Since 

 1839 it has been 

 governed by a 

 mayor and a cor- 

 poration on 

 modern lines. 

 From 1832 to 1918 

 it united with Mon- 

 mouth to send a 

 member to Parlia- 

 ment, while from 

 1918 it baa been re- 

 presented s e p a - 

 rately. Market 



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I ,f. -in-, . B00&MML 

 It stands on the 

 Firth of Tay, l|m. 

 S. K. of Dundee, of 

 \vhii-h it in practic- 

 ally a retti<l< nti.il 

 Hiiitiirli. It IH nerved 

 l.y tl,,- N.B. lily.. 

 while a ferry con- 

 1 with Dun- 

 dee. Pop. 3,000. 



Newport. Sea- 

 port of Pembroke- 

 shire, Wales. It 

 stands on Newport Bay, at the 

 mouth of the Nevem, 10 m. from 

 Cardigan and 6 m. from Fishguard. 

 About 1300 a castle was built 

 here, and it waa at one time a 

 flourishing port and a centre of the 

 woollen manufacture, but after 

 1700 it began to decay, and lost its 

 market rights and its position as a 

 chartered town. There is a small 

 harbour, but it is not easy of 

 access. Pop. 1,300. 



Newport. Market town and 

 urban district of Shropshire. It 

 stands on the Shrewsbury canal, 

 17 m. from Shrewsbury and 145 m. 

 from London, and is served by a 

 joint line of the L. & N.W. and 

 G.W. rlys. The chief building is 

 the rebuilt church of S. Nicholas, 

 and there are a town hall, corn ex- 

 change, and grammar school of 

 1665, also an old market cross. The 

 industries include a trade in agri- 

 cultural produce and the manu- 

 facture of farming implements. 

 Newport was founded about 1100, 

 and the townsmen received a 

 number of privileges, including a 

 guild merchant. In 1551 it was 

 made a chartered town under a 

 high steward, and this constitution 

 existed until 1883. In 1894 it was 

 made an urban district. Market 

 day, Fri. Pop. 3,300. 



Newport. City of Kentucky, 

 U.S.A., in Campbell co. It stands 

 at the confluence of the Licking 

 and Ohio rivers, opposite Cincin- 

 nati, and is served by the Louis- 

 ville and Nashville and the Chesa- 

 peake and Ohio rlys. The build- 

 ings include the city hall, court- 

 house, etc. Among its manufac- 

 tures are pianos, tiles, bolts, lumber 

 products, railway stock, and cloth- 

 ing. Settled in 1790, Newport was 

 incorporated in 1795 and became a 

 city in 1850. Pop. 29,300. 



Newport. City and port of entry 

 of Rhode Island, U.S.A., the co. 

 seat of Newport co. Formerly the 

 capital of the state, and now a 

 summer resort on Narragansett 

 Bay, 29 m. S. of Providence, it is 



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