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The English name 'Newport' is a later application. The settlement was first recorded by the Normans as novo burgus in 1126. This Latin name refers to the new borough (or town) established with the Norman castle. [7] The origin of the name Newport and the reason for its wide adoption remains the subject of debate.
The Westgate Hotel, Commercial Street, Newport, Wales is a hotel building dating from the 19th century. On 4 November 1839 the hotel saw the major scenes of the Newport Rising, when 3,000 Chartists, some of them armed, led by John Frost marched on Newport to attempt to secure the release of five of their number who were being held under arrest at the hotel.
Coleg Gwent - Crosskeys (generally known as Crosskeys College) is the largest campus of Coleg Gwent. It is located next to Risca Road in Crosskeys , near Newport in Wales . The college was previously a technical college and a coal mining college.
Newport City Council (Welsh: Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd) is the governing body for Newport, one of the principal areas of Wales. It consists of 51 councillors, who represent the city's 20 wards . The council is currently, and has historically been, held by the Labour Party .
The International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales) (Welsh: Canolfan Gynadledda Rhyngwladol Cymru) is a 5,000-capacity venue in the city of Newport, Wales.The venue has a main auditorium with fixed seating for 1,500 delegates, six rooms of exhibition space, and 43,000 sq ft (4,000 m 2) of pillar-free space.
Coleg Gwent (English: Gwent College) is Wales' largest further education college [citation needed] at various locations in the former county of Gwent, South Wales. [3] As of 2014, it has 24,000 students [4] ranging from secondary school leavers to mature students. A wide range of part-time and full-time academic and vocational courses are on ...
The City of Newport campus of Coleg Gwent (commonly referred to as 'Nash College') is actually in the neighbouring parish of Lliswerry. Together with the neighbouring parishes of Goldcliff and Whitson , Nash is one of the "Three Parishes" which have long been treated as a unit – geographical, socially, economically and ecclesiastically.