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Newport probably had a Welsh-speaking majority until the 1830s, but with a large influx of migrants from England and Ireland over the following decades, the town and the rest of Monmouthshire came to be seen as "un-Welsh", a view compounded by ambiguity about the status of Monmouthshire. [7]
Monmouthshire (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ ʃ ər, ˈ m ʌ n-,-ʃ ɪər / MON-məth-shər, MUN-, -sheer), also formerly known as the County of Monmouth (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ, ˈ m ʌ n-/ MON-məth, MUN-; Welsh: Sir Fynwy), was one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales in the south-east of Wales, on the border with England.
Monmouthshire County Cricket Club was established in the 19th century and achieved a notable victory in 1858 when a Monmouthshire XXII beat an All-England XI at a match on Newport Marshes. The club suffered financial difficulties in the 1930s and merged with Glamorgan County Cricket Club in 1934. [189]
Newport Jazz Festival, in Newport, Rhode Island, also referred to sometimes as simply Newport, especially in the titles of some recordings of performers at the festival; Newport Folk Festival, in Newport, Rhode Island, sometimes referred to as simply Newport "Newport Living" (song), by the American power pop band Cute Is What We Aim For
Newport Cathedral (Welsh: Eglwys Gaderiol Casnewydd/Cadeirlan Casnewydd), also known as St Gwynllyw's or St Woolos' Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Monmouth within the Church in Wales, and the seat of the Bishop of Monmouth. [a] Its official title is Newport Cathedral Church of St Woolos, King and Confessor. [1]
The Newport Rising was the last large-scale armed rising in Wales, by Chartists whose demands included democracy and the right to vote with a secret ballot. On Monday 4 November 1839, approximately 4,000 Chartist sympathisers, under the leadership of John Frost , marched on the town of Newport , Monmouthshire .
The authority was a successor to both the administrative county of Monmouthshire (with minor boundary changes) [2] and the county borough of Newport (both authorities which were legally part of England until the Act came into force [3] [4] although considered jointly with Wales for certain purposes). [5] [6]
Authorised under the Newport (Monmouthshire) Docks Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. clxxxv), it was opened on 2 March 1858; it had cost £64,000 to construct. The original dock became known as the Outer Basin, and the new dock, referred to as the Inner Basin, covered 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 acres.
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