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Newport appears prominently on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire, [5] and is a former marcher borough. George Owen of Henllys, in 1603, described it as one of five Pembrokeshire boroughs overseen by a portreeve. [6] It retains some of the borough customs such as electing a mayor, who beats the bounds on horseback every August.
The building was subsequently used as an area office by Dyfed County Council. Following the re-establishment of Pembrokeshire County Council in 1996 and the opening of a new County Hall in 1999 the County Offices became surplus to requirements and so were demolished and a leisure centre built on the site, opening in 2009. [25]
Newport is a city and county borough in the south of Wales.It covers an area of 190 km 2 (73 sq mi) [1] and in 2021 the population was approximately 159,700. [2]The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales was established in 2002 and given statutory status in 2022.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 when it was owned by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now called Historic New England. The ...
Internally, the principal rooms were the council chamber and the mayor's parlour. [1] The building was the meeting place of Newport Borough Council until the town was granted formal city status as part of a contest for the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002 and the building then became the home of Newport City Council. [9]
This is a list of the 187 (as of September 2024) Grade II*-listed buildings in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales.. In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance; Grade II* structures are those considered to be "particularly important buildings of more than ...
Dinas Cross (Welsh: Dinas) is a village, a community and a former parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Located between Fishguard and Newport in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, it is a popular holiday destination on the A487 road. The two hamlets, Cwm-yr-Eglwys and Pwllgwaelod, are in the community.
The area is governed by the Newport City Council. Pillgwenlly is the name of an electoral ward to the city council, represented by two city councillors since 1995. The ward has consistently elected Labour Party councillors.