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...
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1996 and 2002 the authority was known as Newport County Borough Council. Newport is an ancient mesne borough, occupying an important position on the Welsh...
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Newport is a market town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Telford town centre, 12 miles...
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1983–1997: The Borough of Newport wards 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 18 to 20, and the District of Monmouth wards 14 and 15. 1997–2010: The Borough of Newport wards...
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County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It is governed by Caerphilly County Borough Council...
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The London Borough of Hounslow (/ˈhaʊnzloʊ/ HOWNZ-loh) is a London borough in west London, England, forming part of Outer London. It is governed by Hounslow...
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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...
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Caerphilly (category Towns in Caerphilly County Borough)
north of Cardiff and 9.5 mi (15.3 km) west of Newport. It is the largest town in Caerphilly County Borough, and lies within the historic borders of Glamorgan...
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Newport was a rotten borough situated in Cornwall. It is now the suburb of Newport within the town of Launceston, which was itself also a parliamentary...
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1959" (PDF). Newport City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2014. "Newport County Borough - Election of...
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of local councils by the Newport Corporation Act 1925. This prohibition was removed in 1981, allowing then-Newport Borough Council to operate more extensive...
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dated 7 June 1977. ^14 City status granted to the "Town of Newport in the County Borough of Newport" and the "Town of Preston" by Letters Patent dated 15 May...
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electing three councillors. The ward falls within the district or borough of Newport, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972...
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into 19 equivalent boroughs and 11 sparsely populated census areas, the latter also known collectively as the unorganized borough. Virginia is composed...
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Commerce combined under a single principal 1919 Newport Technical Institute renamed "The County Borough of Newport Technical College and Institute" 1923 Ordinary...
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Lewisham London Borough Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018. "Newport West By-election results". Newport City Council...
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Andrew Pakes (category People from Newport Pagnell)
National Union of Students (NUS). Pakes was born and grew up in Newport Pagnell, Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Ousedale...
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Bastille Day (redirect from Fete nationale de la France)
in Newport at the monument memorializing the accomplishments of the General Comte de Rochambeau whose 6,000 to 7,000 French forces landed in Newport on...
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Abercarn (category Towns in Caerphilly County Borough)
is a town and community in Caerphilly county borough, Wales. It is 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Newport on the A467 between Cwmcarn and Newbridge, within...
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Dragons RFC (redirect from Newport-Gwent Dragons)
preparation for the 2014–15 season the Newport Gwent Dragons agreed a partnership with Caerphilly County Borough Council for the team and coaching staff...
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century, the Newport constituency elected two Members to the Unreformed House of Commons. However, the constituency was abolished as a rotten borough by the...
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Blackwood, Caerphilly (category Towns in Caerphilly County Borough)
former location marked with a plaque. Their march on Newport, in what became known as the Newport Rising in 1839, was intended to coincide with a Britain-wide...
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List of English football transfers summer 2024 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
without a flag are English. While Cardiff City, Swansea City, Wrexham and Newport County are affiliated with the Football Association of Wales and thus take...
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Touro Synagogue (redirect from Newport Synagogue)
Israel (Hebrew: קהל קדוש ישועת ישראל) is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the...
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with Newport parish when these were abolished and 25 acres was also transferred from Gatcombe and 16 acres from South Arreton. The Municipal Borough of...
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Elizabeth Janet Martin — Chair, Rio Community Centre, Newport-on-Tay. For services to the community in Newport-on-Tay, Fife Ian Martin — For services to Sport...
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Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency) (category Politics of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme)
a borough 1411 Thomas Thicknesse and William Bowyer 1413 (1) ? possibly Newport, or Robert Bapthorpe was an MP representing the county or a borough 1413...
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coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Newport is a city and county borough in the south of Wales. It covers an area of 190 km2 (73 sq mi)...
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Edgewater, New Jersey (redirect from Edgewater Borough, New Jersey)
is a borough located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population...
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chamber and the mayor's parlour. The building was the meeting place of Newport Borough Council until the town was granted formal city status as part of a...
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