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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.
Notable buildings on Commercial Street were the Westgate Hotel [3] (now on what is called Westgate Square), Newport's Town Hall (1885 by T. M. Lockwood, [4] demolished when it was replaced by the 1940 Civic Centre), the Empire Theatre (which burnt down in the 1940s), [5] and several banks and large department stores. [3] [6]
Ye Olde Murenger House is a 19th-century pub with a mock Tudor front on High Street, Newport, Wales. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It replaced a 17th-century pub, the Fleur de Lys, on the same site. It is named after the medieval job of a murenger, a person who collected tolls for the repair of the town walls, and is Grade II listed due to its historic interest ...
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1839: Chartist Newport Rising, Westgate Hotel, Newport led by radical former mayor John Frost. 1842: Newport Town Dock opens – floating dock able to accommodate the largest ships in the world. 1858: Town Dock extended to the north. 1867: Lower Dock Street drill hall completed. [29] 1871: W. H. Davies, renowned poet born at Portland Street ...
Newport Market Tower (1854) viewed from Upper Dock Street Newport Arcade looking towards Cambrian Road Junction of Commercial Street, Stow Hill and High Street in front of the Westgate Hotel. Newport city centre is traditionally regarded as the area of Newport, Wales bounded by the west bank of the River Usk, the George Street Bridge, the ...
High Street, Newport (2005), looking south Newport Market, High Street entrance and modern pedestrianisation (2014) High Street is the main historical street and the original main thoroughfare in the centre of Newport, South Wales. Nowadays it runs approximately 280m between Westgate Square and the Old Green Interchange (facing Newport Castle).
See more images Plas Machen Graig ST2346787539 51°34′53″N 3°06′21″W / 51.581518554246°N 3.1059327789217°W / 51.581518554246; -3.1059327789217 (Plas Machen) 3 March 1952 At the end of a track S off the A468, some 900m Se of the church at Lower Machen. 2905 See more images Church of St Basil Graig ST2773587124 51°34′42″N 3°02′39″W / 51.578352315159 ...