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Newport Market (also known as Newport Provisions Market) is a traditional Victorian indoor market in Newport, South Wales. It is a Grade II-Listed building in the city centre, owned and operated by Newport City Council. The main structure, completed in 1889, is an early example of a large-span cast iron-frame building featuring a glazed barrel ...
Market Arcade (Welsh: Arcdêd y Farchnad) is a city centre Victorian shopping arcade in Newport, Wales. It also serves as a pedestrian route between High Street and Newport Market . It is the second oldest Victorian arcade still in operation in Wales, the oldest in Newport, and one of the oldest in the UK.
From Bridge Street, the two roads of High Street and Cambrian Road run in parallel towards Newport railway station. Joining the two roads is the covered Victorian Newport Arcade. At the western end of the arcade is the Cambrian Centre which is being redeveloped. [4] To the east of High Street is Newport Market, a Grade II-listed building.
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.
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).
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Anne Hegerty (TV celebrity, South Wales Argus journalist 1980s) Frederick William Horner (playwright, publisher and politician) Colin Jeavons (actor) Jimmy Johnston (actor) Charles William King (writer) Mark Labbett (professional quizzer and TV personality; lived in Newport 2003) David Langford (author) Roger Lewis (academic)
Newport is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Telford , 12 miles (19 km) west of Stafford , and is near the Shropshire- Staffordshire border.