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The barracks were built as a cavalry barracks and completed in 1845. [1] During the First World War they were known as the Cavalry Barracks and served as the 4th cavalry depot providing accommodation for the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), the 3rd Dragoon Guards, the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards), the 7th Dragoon Guards and the 6th (Inniskilling ...
Celtic Manor Resort is a golf, spa and leisure hotel and resort in the city of Newport, South East Wales.Owned by Sir Terry Matthews, the resort is located on the south-facing side of Christchurch Hill in eastern Newport, near Junction 24 of the M4 motorway.
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.
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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.
Malpas is also home to St Joseph's Hospital, Newport, one of Wales's largest private hospitals, and an in-patient hospice service, St Anne's Hospice, [8] both originally run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Annecy. [9]
Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd [kasˈnɛwɨð]) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, 12 mi (19 km) northeast of Cardiff.
It is adjoining Newport Museum, Art Gallery and Central Library and it is close to Newport bus station. [1] Kingsway Centre underwent a refurbishment and extension during 2007 and 2008. [2] In October 2014 the centre was bought by Bywater Properties and Queensberry Real Estate, the developers of Friars Walk. [3]