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Bridges

Timber bridges
The bridge that wasn't built
First stone town bridge
Second stone town bridge
Transporter Bridge

Cashmore's

Everything iron and steel - by Jim Dyer

Cemetery

St Woolos Cemetery - The Haunted Holy Ground - by Richard Frame & Mike Buckingham

Sir Charles Morgan

The three Charles Morgans

Crindau Infant & Junior schools

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Directories

Newport Street Directories - 1848 1876 1886 1897 1914 1927 1938 1946 1950

Docks

River Wharves - by Peter Brown
Town Dock - by Peter Brown
Alexandra Dock - by Peter Brown
Newport Dock Disaster - article by Monty Dart
Newport Dock Disaster - video by Tom Dart

Duffryn High School

School photo staff and pupils 1961

Durham Road schools

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Ephemera

Database of items connected with Newport

Hillforts of Gwent

The Gaer - by Caroline Martin
Lodge Hill - by Caroline Martin
Maindee - by Caroline Martin
St Julians - by Caroline Martin

History

Medieval Newport - by Bob Trett
19th Century - by Derrick Cyril Vaughan
19th Century Chronology - by Derrick Cyril Vaughan
19th Century news reports - by Derrick Cyril Vaughan
20th Century - by Haydn Davis
The GIs in Newport during WW2 - by Michele Lewis
The maritime history of Newport - by Peter Brown
Selection of local history articles - by Jim Dyer

John Frost & the Chartists

John Frost
William Foster Geach
Convicts on board the Mandarin with Frost

Lord Tredegar

The six Lords Tredegar

Malpas

Memories of Malpas 1938 - 1946 - by Peter Capnos

Malpas Court

The mansion
During WW2

Malpas Church / Saint Mary's Church

Baptisms 1813 - 1915, Marriages 1759 - 1915 & Burials 1801 - 1915

Maps and Plans

Index page

Maritime

Newport's maritime history - by Peter Brown

Marshes Road / Shaftesbury Street schools

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Mayors

Mayors of Newport - Newport Mayors

Medals

Medals with a Newport connection

Newport High School / Intermediate School

Award boards
Boys combined registers
Boys directory
Girls combined registers
The first school on the Bettws Lane site
Video - The return of an old boy 1964/5
Photo - Staff and Pupils 1962

Paintings

Newport Museum & Art Gallery Collection

Photos

Old photos and postcards

Prints

Old prints of Newport

Prisoners in Usk Gaol 1871 - 1876

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Pubs

Public houses,inns etc. - Database 1848, 1859 &1876

Rail

The railways of Newport - 1960 article by William J Skillern

Records

Newport Street Directories - 1848 1876 1886 1897 1914 1927 1938 1946 1950
Public houses,inns etc. - Database 1848, 1859 &1876
Baptisms - Central Hall 1908 - 1934
Mayors of Newport - Newport Mayors
Prison / Gaol - Newport residents in Usk Gaol 1871 - 1876

St Julians High School

School Photo Staff and Pupils 1947

St Marys RC schools

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St Woolos schools

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Schools

See Newport High School under heading above
See Crindau under heading above
See Durham Road under heading above
See Marshes under heading above
See St Marys under heading above
See St Woolos under heading above
See St Julians High School under heading above
See Duffryn High School under heading above

Sketches

The sketchbook of William Henry Green - early 1890s

Tokens

Newport pub tokens
Various Newport tokens

Tredegar House

Tredegar House - Sir Charles Morgan - Lord Tredegar - Viscount Tredegar

Twig Cottage

The sad predicament of John Wallace living rough

Viscount Tredgar

The three Viscounts Tredegar

Videos

Various Newport videos including the Dock Disaster

WW2 The Second World War

Report from the South Wales Echo of bombing
USA camp in the grounds of Malpas Court
The GIs in Newport during WW2 - by Michele Lewis