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- A449 road
- Abergavenny
- Afon Llwyd
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Allt-yr-yn
- Alway, Newport
- Amphitheatre
- Archaeological
- Archbishopric
- Arthur Machen
- Arts festival
- Association football
- Ballista
- Baneswell
- Barnardtown
- Bassaleg
- BBC
- Bede
- Beechwood House
- Beechwood, Newport
- Belinus
- Bettws, Newport
- Bishpool
- Bishton
- Borough
- Bowls
- Bristol
- Bristol Channel
- Brynglas
- Brynglas House
- Bulmore
- Cadoc
- Caerleon
- Caerleon A.F.C.
- Caerleon Bridge
- Caerleon II
- Caerleon R.F.C.
- Caerwent
- Camelot
- Canterbury
- Caradog ap Gruffydd
- Cardiff Airport
- Carl Sargent
- Castle
- Castleton, Newport
- Castra
- Cat's Ash
- Celtic Manor
- Celtic Manor Resort
- Chartism
- Chester
- Christchurch
- Chrétien de Troyes
- City Sightseeing
- Coedkernew
- Common land
- Community (Wales)
- Crindau
- Cwmbran
- Doctor Who
- Driving range
- Drovers' road
- Dubricius
- Duffryn
- Early Christian
- English Civil War
- English language
- Fencing (sport)
- Gaer, Newport
- Gary Hocking
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Gildas
- Glamorgan
- Glan Llyn
- Glyndŵr Rising
- Goldcliff, Newport
- Graig
- Graig, Newport
- Gwent (county)
- Gwent Police
- Hamelin de Ballon
- Harbour
- High Cross, Newport
- Hill fort
- HMS Caerleon
- Idylls of the King
- Incest
- Indie band
- Iron Age
- Isca Augusta
- James May
- James Sommerin
- Julius and Aaron
- King Arthur
- Kingdom of Gwent
- Knight
- Langstone, Newport
- Layamon
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- Level of Mendalgief
- Liswerry
- Living sculpture
- Llanmartin
- Llanvaches
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- Nick Walne
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- Penhow, Newport
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- Re-enactment
- Redwick, Newport
- Renaissance
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- Rhys Gethin
- Ringland, Newport
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- Riverside, Newport
- Rodney Parade
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- Roman Baths Museum
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- Rugby union
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- Saint Cadoc's Church
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A4042 road
The A4042 is a trunk road that runs from Abergavenny to Newport in the United Kingdom.
It begins on junction of the A40 and A465 south of Abergavenny and then travels southwards towards Little Mill north of Pontypool. This section is a single carriageway and is notoriously winding and undulating. From Little Mill onwards the road becomes a dual carriageway, passing Pontypool and Cwmbran before crossing the city boundary into Newport. Here the road has a junction (25A) with the M4 motorway and south from there loses its primary status and becomes an urban road. The first section of which, called Heidenheim Drive, is an elevated roadway through the Crindau district. It then becomes a surface street called Kingsway that passes through the city centre, and continues on as Usk Way until its junction with the A48 Southern Distributor Road in the south of the city.
Coordinates: 51°43′05″N 2°59′29″W / 51.71809°N 2.99137°W / 51.71809; -2.99137
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A449 road
The A449 is a major road in the United Kingdom. It runs north from junction 24 of the M4 motorway at Newport in South Wales to Stafford in Staffordshire.
The southern section of the road, between Ross on Wye and Newport forms part of the trunk route from the English Midlands to South Wales, avoiding the Severn Bridge
The A449 starts on the M4 at the Coldra Interchange (J24) in Newport and is dual carriageway all the way to Raglan. The section from the A40 junction at Raglan to the A472 junction at Usk, known as the New Midlands Road, was one of the first sections to be dualled, opening on 16 October 1970. Between Raglan and Ross-on-Wye the A449 is concurrent with the A40.
The road becomes quite twisty on departing Ross-on-Wye, but straightens out a little before arriving at Ledbury. The road turns northwards upon crossing into Worcestershire at Little Malvern and skirts the eastern slopes of the Malvern Hills through the town of Great Malvern. It then crosses Worcester's ring road, the A4440, at a roundabout near Powick.
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Abergavenny
Coordinates: 51°49′26″N 3°01′00″W / 51.824°N 3.0167°W / 51.824; -3.0167
Abergavenny (Welsh: Y Fenni), meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles (24 km) west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles (10 km) from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches. The town contains the remains of a medieval stone castle built soon after the Norman conquest of Wales.
Abergavenny is promoted as the "Gateway to Wales". Situated at the confluence of a tributary stream, the Gavenny, and the River Usk, it is almost surrounded by two mountains – the Blorenge (559 m) and the Sugar Loaf (596 m) – and five hills: Ysgyryd Fawr (The Skirrid), Ysgyryd Fach (Skirrid Fach), Deri, Rholben and Mynydd Llanwenarth, known locally as "Llanwenarth Breast". It provides access to the nearby Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons National Park. The Offa's Dyke Path is close by and the Marches Way, the Beacons Way and Usk Valley Walk all pass through the town.
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Baneswell
Baneswell is an inner-city district in the city of Newport, South Wales. It is in the electoral ward of Stow Hill, and located next to the city centre and Newport railway station
Coordinates: 51°35′13.61″N 2°59′56.24″W / 51.5871139°N 2.9989556°W / 51.5871139; -2.9989556
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Barnardtown
Barnardtown is a small area to the east of Newport Bridge in the city of Newport. It is roughly bounded by Duckpool Road, Church Road and Caerleon Road.
The original houses in the area were very slum-like tight rows with people living in appalling conditions. A local religious man Edward Barnard invested into building small new terraces. The area became known as Barnard's town, later to become Barnardtown. Because of this, early OS maps do not show the name of the area.
A condition of building the "new village" was that there were to be no pubs in the area and the names of the streets are that of church figures, e.g. Morden Road, Canon Street, Bishop Street, &c.
Coordinates: 51°35′37.61″N 2°59′0.72″W / 51.5937806°N 2.9835333°W / 51.5937806; -2.9835333
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Bassaleg
Bassaleg (Welsh: Basaleg) is a small semi-urban suburb on the west side of the city of Newport, in south Wales. It lies in the Graig electoral ward and community.
Bassaleg is located two miles north west of Newport city centre. Bassaleg is roughly bounded by the A467 road (A4072) to the east, the railway spur to Lower Machen (the former Brecon and Merthyr Railway) to the north, the St Mellons Road (B4288) to the south and Rhiwderin to the east. The Ebbw River runs through the area. The A468 road passes through towards Caerphilly and junction 28 of the M4 motorway is less than a mile to the south.
As Bassaleg lies near the junction of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway and Great Western Railway it used to have two stations (Bassaleg and Bassaleg Junction), although they were both victims of the Beeching Axe in the 1960s. As the Ebbw Valley Railway is re-opened, there are plans for a station at Pye Corner on the former GWR line.
Bassaleg School is one of the most notable local educational institutions locally. Known for its sporting and academic prowess, past students include current Welsh rugby players Ryan Jones and Alix Popham and former Miss Wales beauty queen Kelly-Louise Pesticcio.
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Bishpool
Coordinates: 51°35′38″N 2°56′36″W / 51.593851°N 2.943428°W / 51.593851; -2.943428
Bishpool is a Suburb within in The electoral ward of Ringland, Newport. It lies to the Western side of Ringland. Its facilities include Bishpool Methodist Church, Bishpool Dairy, and The Man of Gwent. With modern housing it has a population of 400.
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Bishton
Coordinates: 51°35′02″N 2°52′49″W / 51.58395°N 2.88035°W / 51.58395; -2.88035
Bishton or Bishopston (Welsh: Llangadwaladr Trefesgob or simply Trefesgob) is a small rural community in the east of the city of Newport, south Wales. The parish lies in the Llanwern electoral district (ward) and contains the eastern end of Llanwern Steelworks, the Underwood estate as well as Bishton itself.
The name is said to derive from "Bishop's Town", as the village has been alleged to the sometime home of the Bishops of Llandaff. Owain Glyndwr destroyed the palaces at Bishton and Llandaff, from which time the episcopal palace was moved to Mathern.
The area is governed by the Newport City Council and the Bishton community council.
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Bristol
Bristol
i/ˈbrɪstəl/ is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007. It is England's sixth and the United Kingdom's eighth most populous city, one of the group of English Core Cities and the most populous city in South West England.
Historically within Gloucestershire, the city received a Royal Charter in 1155 and was granted County status in 1373. From the 13th century, for half a millennium, it ranked amongst the top three English cities after London, alongside York and Norwich, on the basis of tax receipts, until the rapid rise of Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester during the Industrial Revolution in the latter part of the 18th century. It borders the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire, and is also located near the historic cities of Bath to the south east and Gloucester to the north. The city is built around the River Avon, and it also has a short coastline on the Severn Estuary, which flows into the Bristol Channel.
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Bristol Channel
The Bristol Channel (Welsh: Môr Hafren, meaning 'Severn Sea') is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England. It extends from the lower estuary of the River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren) to the North Atlantic Ocean. It takes its name from the English city of Bristol, and is over 30 miles (50 km) across at its widest point.
Long stretches of the coastline of the Bristol Channel, on both the South Wales and West Country sides, are designated as Heritage Coast, including Exmoor, Bideford Bay, the Hartland Point peninsula, Lundy Island, Glamorgan, Gower Peninsula, South Pembrokeshire and Caldey Island.
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Bristol Channel as "a line joining Hartland Point [in Devon] (51°01′N 4°32′W / 51.017°N 4.533°W / 51.017; -4.533) to St. Govan's Head [in Pembrokeshire] (51°36′N 4°55′W / 51.6°N 4.917°W / 51.6; -4.917)".
The upper limit of the Channel is between Sand Point, Somerset and Lavernock Point in South Wales. East of this line is the Severn Estuary. Western and northern Pembrokeshire, and north Cornwall are outside the defined limits of the Bristol Channel, and are considered part of the seaboard of the Atlantic Ocean, more specifically the Celtic Sea.
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Brynglas
Brynglas is an area of the city of Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom.
Brynglas is situated above the M4 motorway in Newport and famous on traffic reports of congestion at the Brynglas Tunnels.
Brynglas is well known for its great views overlooking the city of Newport. Brynglas today has a population of about 300 inhabitants and contains a primary school and Brynglas House. The name is from the Welsh language for "Blue Hill". Locals speculate that the reasoning for this name is due to the thousands of Common bluebells that appear each spring in the Brynglas Bluebell woods. Prior to development the south-facing hill would have appeared blue during the spring around April and May and therefore was called 'Brynglas'.
The area consists of the streets of Brynglas Drive, Brynglas Road, Brynglas Close, Brynglas Court, Brynglas Crescent and the relatively modern Bryn-Bevan estate.
Brynglas Road was the first road to be built in the Brynglas area. The houses were privately owned. The road originally led solely to Brynglas House on top of the hill. Later on, a council estate, Brynglas Drive was added.
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Bulmore
Bulmore or Bullmoor (Welsh: Y Pwll Mawr) is the name give to a hamlet or cluster of houses in the south-east of Caerleon ward of the city of Newport, South Wales.
In 1934 an area of land forming part of Bulmore Farm was purchased and an open-air swimming pool known as Bulmore Lido was built and opened in July of that year. Situated alongside the River Usk, the 8½ acre complex comprising large adult pool and smaller children's pool with adjoining lawns, became Newport's favourite "out-of-town resort".
Coordinates: 51°36′20.11″N 2°56′48.56″W / 51.6055861°N 2.9468222°W / 51.6055861; -2.9468222
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Caerleon
Coordinates: 51°36′54″N 2°57′32″W / 51.615°N 2.959°W / 51.615; -2.959
Caerleon (
/kərˈliːən/; Welsh: Caerllion) is a suburban village and community, situated on the River Usk in the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, South Wales. Caerleon is a site of archaeological importance, being the site of a notable Roman legionary fortress, Isca Augusta, and an Iron Age hill fort. The Wales National Roman Legion Museum and Roman Baths Museum are in Caerleon close to the remains of Isca Augusta. Caerleon also has strong literary associations, as Geoffrey of Monmouth makes Caerleon one of the most important cities in Britain in his Historia Regum Britanniæ, and Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Idylls of the King while staying in Caerleon.
Caerleon is a site of considerable archaeological importance, being the location of a Roman legionary fortress or Castra (it was the headquarters for Legio II Augusta from about 75 to 300 AD) and an Iron Age hill fort. The name Caerleon is derived from the Welsh for "fortress of the legion"; the Romans themselves called it Isca which itself comes from the Welsh name for the river: "Wysg". Substantial excavated Roman remains can be seen, including the military amphitheatre, thermae (baths) and barracks occupied by the Roman Legion. In August 2011 it was announced that the remains of a Roman harbour had been discovered in Caerleon.
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Caerleon Bridge
Caerleon Bridge is a bridge crossing of the River Usk at Caerleon in the city of Newport, United Kingdom.
The stone built bridge was opened in 1806 as a replacement for the previous wooden bridge, it carries the B4236 road from Caerleon-ultra-Pontem into Caerleon itself. Prior to the opening of the A449 dual carriageway a few miles to the east in 1972, the narrow bridge and streets of Caerleon carried the trunk road from Newport to Raglan via Caerleon Bridge.
The bridge is the furthest upstream of the nine bridges over the River Usk within the city boundaries of Newport.
The foundation stone of the original Newport Bridge is set into the stonework of Caerleon Bridge bearing the inscription "This bridge was erected at the expense of the County by David Edwards and his two sons William and Thomas. Completed AD MDCCC."
Coordinates: 51°36′26″N 2°57′09″W / 51.60722°N 2.9525°W / 51.60722; -2.9525
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Caerwent
Coordinates: 51°36′41″N 2°46′06″W / 51.6113°N 2.7684°W / 51.6113; -2.7684
Caerwent (Welsh: Caer-went) is a village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located about five miles west of Chepstow and eleven miles east of Newport, and was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic Silures tribe. The modern village is built around the Roman ruins, which are some of the best-preserved in Europe. It remained prominent through the Roman era and Early Middle Ages as the site of a road crossing between several important civic centres. In the 20th century Caerwent was the site of a Royal Navy Propellant Factory, now used as a training facility.
It was founded by the Romans in AD 75 as Venta Silurum, a market town for the defeated Silures tribe. This is confirmed by inscriptions on the "Civitas Silurum" stone, now on display in the parish church. Large sections of the Roman town walls are still in place, rising up to 5 metres high in places. Historian John Newman has described the walls as "easily the most impressive town defence to survive from Roman Britain, and in its freedom from later rebuilding one of the most perfectly preserved in Northern Europe." In 1881 a portion of a highly intricate coloured floor mosaic or tessellated pavement, depicting different types of fish, were unearthed during excavations in the garden of a cottage.
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Canterbury
Coordinates: 51°16′30″N 1°05′13″E / 51.275°N 1.087°E / 51.275; 1.087
Canterbury (i/ˈkæntərbᵊri/ or /ˈkæntərbɛri/) is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour.
Originally a Brythonic settlement, it was renamed Durovernum Cantiacorum by the Roman conquerors in the 1st century AD. After it became the chief Jutish settlement, it gained its English name Canterbury, itself derived from the Old English Cantwareburh ("Kent people's stronghold"). After the Kingdom of Kent's conversion to Christianity in 597, St Augustine founded an episcopal see in the city and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, a position that now heads the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion (though the modern-day Province of Canterbury covers the entire south of England). Thomas Becket's murder at Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 led to the cathedral becoming a place of pilgrimage for Christians worldwide. This pilgrimage provided the theme for Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century literary classic The Canterbury Tales. The literary heritage continued with the birth of the playwright Christopher Marlowe in the city in the 16th century.
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Cardiff Airport
Cardiff Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is an international airport serving Cardiff, and the rest of South, Mid and West Wales. Around 1.2 million passengers passed through the airport in 2011, a 13% annual reduction. It is located in the village of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, 12 mi (19 km) west of the city centre of Cardiff, the country's largest city and capital.
Cardiff Airport is owned by TBI plc. It is the only airport in Wales offering international scheduled flights; is served by scheduled, low-fare, business and charter carriers; and also supports corporate and general aviation. The majority of international flights are to Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands.
The airport is a base for Manx2, Thomson Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines with Flybe being the largest carrier at Cardiff Airport.
The history of the airport extends back to the early 1940s, when the Air Ministry requisitioned land in the rural Vale of Glamorgan to set up a wartime satellite aerodrome and training base, named RAF Rhoose, for Royal Air Force (RAF) Spitfire pilots. Construction work commenced in 1941, and the airfield officially began life on 7 April 1942 when it was taken over by No 53 Operational Training Unit.
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Celtic Manor Resort
The Celtic Manor Resort is a golf-centric hotel and leisure resort in Newport, south Wales. It consists of two adjoining hotels, a country inn, two golf and country clubs, and a multi-purpose conference centre. It was the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup, the first to be held in Wales.
The resort, owned by Sir Terry Matthews, is located on the south-facing side of Christchurch Hill in eastern Newport, overlooking Junction 24 of the M4 motorway. The golf courses extend over the ridge and down the north-facing side of the hill into the Vale of Usk, with views up to the Wentwood escarpment. The resort covers 1,400 acres (5.7 km2) of land.
The earliest record of a building on the resort site was 1634, when it was the residence of the High Sheriff of Monmouthshire, Lewis Van.
The Manor House was built in 1860 by Thomas Powell, the largest coalmine owner in the South Wales coalfield, the world's biggest coal exporter and the first coal millionaire. Powell's son, Thomas Powell Jnr, and his bride Julia Jenkins were given the mansion as a wedding gift when they married in 1859. They named it Coldra Hall.
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Chester
Coordinates: 53°11′33″N 2°53′30″W / 53.1926°N 2.8918°W / 53.1926; -2.8918
Chester ( /ˈtʃɛstər/ CHESS-tər), is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 80,121 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the 2001 Census. Chester was granted city status in 1541.
Chester was founded as a "castrum" or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix in the year 79 by the Roman Legio II Adiutrix during the reign of the Emperor Vespasian. Chester's four main roads, Eastgate, Northgate, Watergate and Bridge, follow routes laid out at this time – almost 2,000 years ago. One of the three main Roman army bases, Deva later became a major settlement in the Roman province of Britannia. After the Romans left in the 5th century, the Saxons fortified the town against the Danes and gave Chester its name. The patron saint of Chester, Werburgh, is buried in Chester Cathedral.
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Christchurch
Christchurch ( /ˈkraɪstʃɜrtʃ/, KRYS-church; Māori: Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's third-largest urban area. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of Christchurch.
The city was named by the Canterbury Association, which settled the surrounding province of Canterbury. The name of Christchurch was agreed on at the first meeting of the association on 27 March 1848. It was suggested by John Robert Godley, who had attended Christ Church, Oxford. Some early writers called the town Christ Church, but it was recorded as Christchurch in the minutes of the management committee of the association. Christchurch became a city by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856, making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand.
The river that flows through the centre of the city (its banks now largely forming an urban park) was named Avon at the request of the pioneering Deans brothers to commemorate the Scottish Avon, which rises in the Ayrshire hills near what was their grandfathers' farm and flows into the Clyde.
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Coedkernew
Coordinates: 51°33′01″N 3°02′23″W / 51.55028°N 3.03979°W / 51.55028; -3.03979
Coedkernew (Welsh: Coedcernyw) is a community in the south west of the city of Newport, South Wales, in the Marshfield ward.
The parish is bounded by Percoed reen to the south, Nant-y-Selsig to the southwest, and Pound Hill to the west. The northern boundary is formed from Gwern-y-cleppa to junction 28 of the M4, then the A48 Cardiff Road. The eastern boundary is formed from the Ebbw River Bridge roundabout to the west of the International Rectifier plant, Duffryn Drive, along the southern edge of Tredegar House country park, Pencarn Lane and Percoed Lane.
Despite being a mostly rural parish to the south and west, the north and east is a continuation of the Duffryn built-up area, and has seen large increases in population in recent years due to the continued suburbanisation of Newport. This built-up area of Coedkernew forms a crescent around Duffryn and as such, much newly-built housing in the Duffryn area actually falls within Coedkernew.
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Crindau
Crindau (Welsh: Crindai) is an older inner-city area just north of the city centre in Newport in south-east Wales. It lies within the Shaftesbury electoral district (ward) and community (parish).
Crindau is roughly bounded by the Monmouthshire canal to the west, the M4 motorway to the north, River Usk to the east and Great Western Main Line to the south. It is bisected by the elevated section of the A4042 road. The district is well-served in transport terms as it contains junction 26 and 25a of the M4 as well as the A4042 and A4051 roads. There is a regular Newport Transport bus service from Malpas and Bettws to the city centre.
To the eastern side, adjoining the river is Shaftesbury Park, which was the original home of Newport Rugby Club before they moved to the Newport Athletics and Cricket Club site at Rodney Parade.
A cycle and pedestrian walkway alongside the River Usk links Newport city centre at Crindau to the Home Farm area of Caerleon, 1 mile from central Caerleon. It is planned to extend the walkway from Home Farm to the centre of Caerleon. There is a marked heritage trail in Caerleon.
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Cwmbran
Coordinates: 51°39′11″N 3°01′16″W / 51.653°N 3.021°W / 51.653; -03.021
Cwmbrân ( /kʊmˈbrɑːn/, also spelled Cwmbran and Cwm Bran according to Enwau Cymru) is a new town in Wales. Today forming part of the county borough of Torfaen and lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbrân was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Cwmbrân means Crow Valley and refers to a local stream named Y Brân (The Crow). Cwmbrân is twinned with Bruchsal in Germany and Carbonne in France.
Based around the villages of Old Cwmbrân, Pontnewydd, Upper Cwmbrân,Croesyceiliog, Llantarnam and Llanyrafon, its population had grown to 47,254 by 2001. This makes it the sixth largest urban area in Wales.
Cwmbrân is a new town established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield; though there is evidence that Neolithic and Bronze Age people used the area, with the Iron Age Silures tribe also occupying the region before being subdued by the Roman legions based at nearby Usk and Caerleon.
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Duffryn
Duffryn (Welsh: Dyffryn) is a large housing estate [1] in the southwest of the city of Newport, south Wales comprising a large portion of the Tredegar Park electoral district (ward). Built on land belonging to Tredegar House [2], it was completed in 1978 and at the time won several awards for its design. The layout of the estate, as viewed from above, is that of large terraces undulating around a central wooded area. Originally a Council Estate, Duffryn is now a mix of private ownership and Newport City Homes RSL (Registered Social Landlord) properties.
The design of the estate is the result of a council competition. It was won by a consortium committed to the theories of planning devised in the architecture department of Cambridge University in the 1960s. The District Amenities Centre that was planned for the south-west corner of the 96-acre site was never built, so the plan of a largely self-sufficient community was not realised.
Despite the relative recent development of the estate, the name Duffryn is an ancient name for the area. Duffryn is an anglicised version of the Welsh Dyffryn (meaning large U-shaped valley).
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Glamorgan
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire (Welsh: Morgannwg [mɔrˈɡanʊɡ] or Welsh: Sir Forgannwg [ˈsiːr vɔrˈɡanʊɡ]) is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three preserved counties of West Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan. The name also survives in that of the county borough of the Vale of Glamorgan.
Although initially a rural and pastoral area of little value, the area that became known as Glamorgan was a conflict point between the Norman lords and the Welsh princes, with the area being defined by a large concentration of castles. After falling under English rule in the 16th century, Glamorgan became a more stable county, and exploited its natural resources to become an important part of the Industrial Revolution. Glamorgan was the most populous and industrialised county in Wales and was once called the 'crucible of the Industrial Revolution', containing the world centres of three metallurgical industries, and its rich resources of coal.
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Glan Llyn
Coordinates: 51°34′19″N 2°54′48″W / 51.57201°N 2.91331°W / 51.57201; -2.91331
Glan Llyn is the brand name of a new 600-acre (240 ha) mixed-use community development, in the east of Newport, south Wales on part of the site of the former Llanwern steelworks.
The steel production part of Llanwern steel works closed in 2001, leading to the loss of 1,300 jobs, although a finishing plant still remains in operation today. After the closure British Steel started the process of finding a redevelopment partner, choosing St. Modwen Properties, who in 2004 bought a 600-acre (240 ha) package of land. The redevelopment process started with the clearing of the former steel works buildings, and making the site environmentally safe. In 2010, this allowed the site to act as a Park & Ride facility for the 2010 Ryder Cup event at the Celtic Manor Resort. Eventually up to 400,000 tonnes of concrete from the former steel works will be used in the redevelopment of the site.
St Modwen have set out a £1Bn mixed-use redevelopment plan for the site, which it is envisaged will take 20 years to complete, in circa 2026–28. The new community plan includes the construction of 4,000 homes, with a supporting infrastructure that includes schools, a police station, supermarket, open spaces that will include three new lakes, new access roads, a GPs' surgery plus health and leisure facilities.
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Isca Augusta
Coordinates: 51°36′37″N 2°57′32″W / 51.6103°N 2.9589°W / 51.6103; -2.9589
Isca Augusta (or Isca Silurum) was a Roman legionary fortress and settlement, the remains of which lie beneath parts of the present-day village of Caerleon on the northern outskirts of the city of Newport in South Wales.
The Brythonic name Isca means "water" and refers to the River Usk. The suffix Augusta appears in the Ravenna Cosmography and was an honorific title taken from the legion stationed there. The place is commonly referred to as Isca Silurum to differentiate it from Isca Dumnoniorum and because it lay in the territory of the Silures tribe. However, there is no evidence that this form was used in Roman times. The later name, Caerleon, is derived from the Welsh for "fortress of the legion".
Isca became the headquarters of the 2nd Legion Augusta in about AD 75, when Governor Sextus Julius Frontinus began the conquest of Roman Wales. They built a large "playing-card" shaped fort with initially a timber palisade which was later replaced in stone. The interior was fitted out with the usual array of military buildings: a headquarters building, legate's residence, tribunes' houses, hospital, large bath house, workshops, barrack blocks, granaries and an amphitheatre.
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Kingdom of Gwent
Gwent was, between about the 6th and 11th centuries, one of the kingdoms or principalities of mediæval Wales, traditionally lying between the rivers Wye and Usk in what later became known as the Welsh Marches.
The area has been occupied since the Paleolithic, with Mesolithic finds at Goldcliff and growing activity during the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman period.
The Middle Age Welsh kingdom of Gwent was traditionally the area between the rivers Usk, Wye and Severn. To the north, the area adjoined Ewyas and Ergyng (later Archenfield). Gwent came into being after the Romans had left Britain, and was a successor state drawing on the culture of the pre-Roman Silures tribe and ultimately a large part of their Iron Age territories. It took its name from the civitas capital of Venta Silurum, perhaps meaning "Market of the Silures". In the post Roman period, the territory around Venta became the successor kingdom of Guenta, later Gwent, deriving its name directly from the town through the normal sound change in the Brythonic languages from v to gu. The town itself became Caerwent, "Venta fort".
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Level of Mendalgief
The Level of Mendalgief (Welsh: Mendelgyf) is a small area to the south west of the city centre of the city of Newport in the Pill ward. The level is bounded by Cardiff Road to the north, Mendalgief Road to the east, Docks Way to the south and the Great Western Main Line to the west. The area formerly contained the Monmouthshire Bank sidings, but it is due to be regenerated into a new residential area.
The etymology of the name Mendalgief is unknown.
Coordinates: 51°34′20″N 3°00′10″W / 51.57218°N 3.00278°W / 51.57218; -3.00278
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Liswerry
Coordinates: 51°34′40″N 2°57′45″W / 51.57791°N 2.96249°W / 51.57791; -2.96249
Liswerry (Welsh: Llyswyry), also spelt Lliswerry, is both an electoral district (ward) and community of the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.
The community is bounded by the River Usk to the west, Lilleshall Street and Telford Street to the northeast, the Great Western main line to the north, the original western end of Llanwern steelworks and Meadows Road to the east, and Nash Road, Traston Road, Corporation Road and Stephenson Street to the south. Liswerry ward is composed of both the Liswerry and Nash communities.
The ward is the site of the City of Newport Campus for Coleg Gwent (commonly referred to as 'Nash College') and the Newport International Sports Village. Liswerry has a high school , a junior school and primary school, situated close to each other. The high school is adjacent to the college campus, with the junior and infants school located further north along Nash Road.
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Llanmartin
Coordinates: 51°35′49″N 2°52′52″W / 51.597°N 2.881°W / 51.597; -2.881 Llanmartin (Welsh: Llanfarthyn) is a village and parish in the city of Newport, Wales.
The parish contains several communities and is centred on the parish church [1], which is dedicated to St. Martin, and which gives the name "Llan" for church or holy ground [2]. The name is an anglicised version of the Welsh Llanfarthyn which has the same meaning.
Within the parish is Underwood which is an early 1960s council housing estate that consists of houses, shops, a leisure centre, Baptist church and social club.
The Underwood Estate [3] was originally developed from the former World War II Prisoner-of-war camp after the war, in the late 1940s. A few examples of the surviving former PoW huts were visible until the early 1990s, when they were demolished. The original huts stood as early community buildings. In the early 1980s several huts and a water tower were also visible on the now Waltwood Park Drive area, this area belonged to the General Post Office and was used to house old telecommunications equipment until it was sold and demolished by British Telecom who took over the site when the organsation was privatised in the early 1980s. The land was subsequently sold to Westbury homes who built the Waltwood Park Drive Development of around 220 houses on the land.
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Llanvaches
Coordinates: 51°37′00″N 2°49′00″W / 51.6167°N 2.8167°W / 51.6167; -2.8167
Llanvaches (Welsh: Llanfaches) is a village and community parish located within the boundaries of the city of Newport, Wales. It lies to the east of the urban area, in the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent.
Llanvaches is located roughly midway between the market town of Chepstow and the city of Newport. The village lies just north of the A48 road and below Wentwood, with both Newport centre and Chepstow about 7 miles distant.
The village is named after Saint Maches (Latin: Machuta), a daughter of Saint Gwynllyw or Woolos and sister of Saint Cadoc, who according to tradition lived a humble life as a shepherdess in the 5th century but was killed by robbers stealing her finest ram. Saint Tathan, Abbot of nearby Caerwent, to whom the murderers confessed their crime, built a church on the spot where she was killed, which became known as Merthyr Maches and later Llanfaches (the letter m mutating to -f- in Welsh).
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Llanwern
Coordinates: 51°34′19″N 2°54′48″W / 51.57201°N 2.91331°W / 51.57201; -2.91331
Llanwern is an electoral ward and community in the urban-rural fringe of the City of Newport, South Wales. Llanwern ward is bounded by the M4 and Langstone to the north, Ringland, Liswerry and the River Usk to the west, the River Severn to the south and the city boundary to the east. The ward includes Bishton, Goldcliff, Whitson and Redwick, as well as the community of Llanwern (population 333), which contains Llanwern village and the western half of the site of Llanwern steelworks. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.
Llanwern House was the home of Lord Rhondda of Llanwern, (David Alfred Thomas), who was Minister of Food during the First World War.
In 1887, a year before his election to Parliament, Thomas took the lease of the house, where he lived the life of a somewhat unconventional country squire, riding to hounds and breeding prize Hereford cattle. He bought the house in 1900, and acquired the neighbouring Pencoed estate shortly before his death, the purchase making Thomas the largest landowner in Monmouthshire after Lord Tredegar.
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Lower Machen
Lower Machen [1] (Welsh: Machen Isaf) is small hamlet of 19 houses on the A468 road at the very western edge of the city of Newport, South Wales.
Machen itself lies further west in the county borough of Caerphilly, although both lie within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Despite its small size, Lower Machen holds an annual festival of chamber music concerts in the 12th-century church of St. Michael and All Angels. Ruperra Castle is also located in Lower Machen .
It is believed that the church (51°35′11″N 3°06′57″W / 51.5863°N 3.1157°W / 51.5863; -3.1157 (St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Lower Machen)) was founded during the Celtic period in the 6th century. The current building dates back to the 12th century. The church has connections with the Morgan family of the nearby Tredegar House in Newport. There are eleven hatchments connected with the family and the Morgan Family Chapel contains monuments to the family. The church has eight bells which are rung at festivals and weddings.
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M4 motorway
The M4 motorway links London with South Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places along the route include Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea. Originally referred to as the London-South Wales Motorway, the English section was constructed between 1965 and 1971, the Welsh section was completed in 1993 and the Second Severn Crossing opened in 1996.
The M4 runs close to the A4 from London to Bristol. After crossing the River Severn it follows the A48 through South Wales, using the Brynglas Tunnels at Junction 25a, Newport and terminates just north of Pontarddulais. The route of the M4 is known as the M4 corridor.
A new road from London to South Wales was first proposed in the 1930s, and the Ministry of Transport announced plans for the M4 as one of the first major post-war trunk road improvement projects in 1956.
The Chiswick Flyover opened in 1959. However it was not originally classed as a motorway. The Maidenhead bypass opened in 1961 whilst J1-J5 opened in 1965. From J18 to the west of Newport was opened in 1966 and included the Severn Bridge (now part of the M48). The Port Talbot by-pass, also built in the 1960s and now part of the M4, was originally the A48(M) motorway, a number now allocated to a short section of motorway near Cardiff. The Ministry of Transport originally intended that the M4 would terminate at Tredegar Park west of Newport, and it was only following the creation of the Welsh Office that the Government became committed to a high-standard dual carriageway to Pont Abraham in Carmarthenshire.
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Maesglas
Maesglas is a neighbourhood in the south west of the city of Newport, South Wales. In the 16th century it was known as Greenfield but in later years the Welsh language Maesglas has come to be more widely used.
It is located in the Gaer ward directly north of the A48 Southern Distributor Road, south of Cardiff Road and south west of the South Wales Main Line railway.
The Newport-born author Leslie Thomas wrote of Maesglas:
This quote is incorporated into a mural telling the history of the estate painted on the side of the Maesglas shops [2].
The main housing estate was first built in the 1930s, then many newer houses were added between the 1970s and 1990s in the Bideford Road area, next to the Great Western Main Line. Homes on the Maesglas estate are fairly compact but all have front and back gardens. Most of the houses are terraced but are arranged in all sorts of different rows and shapes of street, due to being built in the suburbs and having more room to build wider roads. A significant percentage of the houses are council-owned.
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Maindee
Maindee (Welsh: Maendy) is a large inner-city commercial and residential area in the city of Newport, South Wales.
It lies mostly within the electoral district (ward) and community (parish) of Victoria, although some areas traditionally associated with Maindee are in the Beechwood ward.
The name 'Maindee' is an anglicised version of Maendy meaning 'stone house'.
Maindee is home to a sizeable Asian-Muslim population with three mosques located in the area. Many people are of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin and there is now a slowly-increasing number of Kurdish refugees.[citation needed]
Maindee is also an area of Newport highly populated with University students attending the two campuses in the city.
A large selection of shops are located on Chepstow Road, Corporation Road and Church Road. A station of Gwent Police and a public library are located on Chepstow Road. A station of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is also located in Maindee.
The annual Maindee Festival and Parade, held each July is a popular community arts event to all residents in Newport. The former Maindee Baths is an Art Deco building and the disused empty swimming pool has been used for location shots in the BBC TV series Being Human.
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Newport
Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is a city and unitary authority in south east Wales. It is located on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn estuary, about 12 miles (19 km) east of Cardiff. It is the third largest city in Wales, with a population of 141,300 (2007 estimate).
Newport has been a port since medieval times, when a castle was built by the Normans. The town outgrew the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, immediately upstream, and gained its first charter in 1314. It grew significantly in the 19th century, when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern valleys of South Wales. Until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. It was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Rising of 1839 led by the Chartists.
During the 20th century, the docks declined in importance, but Newport remained an important manufacturing and engineering centre. It was granted city status in 2002. It is the home of the University of Wales, Newport, and the Newport Gwent Dragons rugby union regional team, and hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010.
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Newport Castle
Newport Castle is a castle ruin in the city of Newport, South Wales and is a Grade II* Listed building. It is the castle that gives Newport its original and real name in the Welsh language, Castell Newydd, shortened to Casnewydd ('New Castle'). The 'new' is a reference to the 'old' Roman fortress in nearby Caerleon or the older motte and bailey castle on Stow Hill.
The castle has been practically forced out of existence due to the demands of modern road and rail traffic and the ever-present threat of the River Usk with its very high tidal range. Only the east side of the castle remains, sandwiched between a busy road and roundabout, and the tidal river. The ruins of the castle were permanently fenced off in 2003, followed by the closure of the public footpath in 2006.
The best view of the castle is not from the 'front' on the roadside, but rather from Newport Bridge or the neighbouring railway bridge, where its position on the west bank of the River Usk can best be appreciated. The projecting central tower with its water-gate or dock beneath is the dominant feature. Flanking it are two octagonal towers with prominent spur buttresses. These mark the north and south end of the castle, from which a curtain wall ran westwards enclosing a roughly rectangular area. Outside the curtain wall was a deep moat which filled with sea water at high tide.
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Newport Cathedral
Newport Cathedral in the city of Newport in South Wales is the cathedral of the Diocese of Monmouth, in the Church in Wales, and seat of the Bishop of Monmouth. The full title is Newport Cathedral, Woolos, King & Confessor. The Bishop of Monmouth is the Right Reverend Dominic Walker OGS, who has been in post since 2003, when the former bishop, Rowan Williams, was appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury.
The name "Woolos" is a corruption of Gwynllyw, the 5th century Welsh saint who first founded a religious establishment on the site.
The present building has sections that date from Anglo-Saxon times. In the ninth century the wooden church formerly on the site was rebuilt in stone. This indicates the importance of the cult of Saint Gwynllyw and the wealth of his shrine as stone buildings were unusual in Wales at this point. Part of this building is now incorporated into St Woolos cathedral as the Galilee chapel now at the west end of the Cathedral.
Circa 1050 the church was attacked by pirates and left in ruins.
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Newport Civic Centre
Newport Civic Centre is the seat of government for the city of Newport, South Wales and is a Grade II* Listed building in the Art Deco style. Newport City Council has its main offices located in the building which also includes Magistrates' Courts and a Crown Court complex. The Mayor's office is located in the Civic Centre.
The building was designed by architect Thomas Cecil Howitt, who was also the architect for Baskerville House in Birmingham and the Council House in his native Nottingham. The ceremonial first sod was cut on July 14, 1937 by King George VI, with the building finally open to the public in 1940. However, due to the war, work on the clock tower was suspended until 1963. On September 10 of that year the Corporation voted to complete the building of the clock tower at a cost of £126,900. This was despite a poll of 8,734 signatures in which the public voted 40-to-1 against. Conservative Alderman Dolman said that he could use the £126,900 cost to buy gold watches for everyone living within sight of the clock.
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Newport Docks
Newport Docks is the collective name for a series of docks in the city of Newport, south-east Wales.
Newport was a small fishing port and market town until the coming of the industrial age at the beginning of the 19th century. The Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal, opened around 1800, was used to bring down coal from the coal mining operations and iron from ironworks in the South Wales valleys for shipment abroad and around the UK, and soon Newport's docks were doing more business than almost any other port in the United Kingdom. .
The Town Dock, which opened in 1842 and continued in use until it was filled in 1930, was the first floating dock facility in Newport. The construction of the dock played an important part in the town's growth in the mid-nineteenth century. A rapid expansion of trade caused by the development of the canal system in South East Wales had led to the need to improve the port's berthing facilities. Particularly for large American export vessels which risked damage when beached at the wharves for unloading. If the town was to continue to prosper and compete with the growing port of Cardiff a dock needed to be constructed.
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Newport Market
Newport Market (also known as Newport Provisions Market) is a traditional Victorian indoor market, built in 1854 in Newport, South Wales.
It is an early example of a large-span cast iron-frame building featuring a glass-filled barrel roof. The foundations for the present office buildings and tower at the Dock Street end were laid on September 13, 1887 and they were opened by the then Mayor of Newport Henry Faulkner on May 1, 1889. An extension at the High Street end was opened by Mayor Robert Frank Allen on November 25, 1987. It is a Grade II-Listed building situated in the city centre, owned and operated by Newport City Council.
The market houses over 100 stalls over two floors offering a variety of high-quality fresh produce and stock. Stalls include a first-class butchers, greengrocers, a fishmonger, a traditional confectioner's stall as well as being home to Newport's premier Welsh shop, Newport Welsh Gifts. An eclectic selection of Art and Craft stalls, coffee shops and hairdressers reside upstairs alongside the Jerome Gatehouse Collection Military band archive and a huge matchstick model of the Newport Transporter Bridge. The market also houses a Business Centre on the upper floors.
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Parc Seymour
Coordinates: 51°37′18″N 2°51′26″W / 51.621765°N 2.857203°W / 51.621765; -2.857203
Parc Seymour is a suburban hamlet on the northern edge of Penhow just off the A48 road.
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Peterstone
Coordinates: 51°30′57″N 3°03′23″W / 51.51596°N 3.05631°W / 51.51596; -3.05631
Peterstone or Peterstone Wentlooge (Welsh: Llanbedr Gwynllŵg) is a small hamlet on the to the south west of the city of Newport, South Wales.
Peterstone Wentlooge lies six miles to the west of Newport city centre and 7½ miles east of Cardiff city centre.
It lies in the community parish of Wentloog and electoral ward of Marshfield.
Like most of the settlements on the Wentlooge Level it lies on land reclaimed from the Bristol Channel [1]. Peterstone itself lies right against the sea wall [2],[3] and [4].
The former parish church (now a house) is dedicated to St. Peter [5].
A local pub is the Six Bells [6].
The village became the focal point of press attention in 2004 as Mark Roberts had previously bought the Lord of the Manor title and then went to charge villagers excessive fees to cross what had always been used as their own land. Matters were raised in parliament and were debated with a reply on the subject from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs acknowledging 'need for reform of the remnants of feudal and manorial law'.
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Pillgwenlly
Coordinates: 51°34′56″N 2°59′24″W / 51.58218°N 2.99001°W / 51.58218; -2.99001
Pillgwenlly (Welsh: Pillgwenlli) is an electoral district (ward) and coterminous community parish in the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.
Its name may come from 'Pwll' the Welsh language word for a water inlet, harbour or pool, and 'Gwenlly' a corruption of the name of Saint Gwynllyw, the name meaning Gwynllyw's harbour. Supposedly it derives from the period when Gwynllyw was a pirate and he based his ships in this area.
The ward is bounded by the River Usk to the east and southeast, the Ebbw River to the southwest, the Great Western Main Line to the west and Cardiff Road to the north.
It is an inner-city district to the south of the city centre and the built-up area is commonly shortened to "Pill". It contains the Newport Docks and the western ends of the Newport Transporter Bridge , City Bridge and George Street Bridge.
Pill is known for its close-knit community spirit and a large number of immigrants which contribute to its ethnic diversity. Pill has a large majority of foreign descent within the city due to being host to The Old Town Docks where a large influx of English and Irish immigrants among others came to work[citation needed]. The streets of Pill also play host to the Pill Carnival on the last weekend of every August. The Old Town Dock area is currently undergoing a huge mixed-use regeneration to bring the derelict dock lands back into use. A lively market takes place on a Saturday morning at the Newport Auctions site.
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Ponthir
Ponthir (Welsh: Pont-hir) is a large village at the south-west of the county borough of Torfaen on the boundary of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is approximately six miles from Newport city centre and 3½ miles from Cwmbran.
The Welsh language placename indicates the correct pronunciation; i.e. saying the 't' and 'h' separately. The name means 'long (hir) bridge (pont)'.
Ponthir is primarily a residential area, with several new housing estates around the older village. It has a primary school, (Ponthir Church in Wales Primary School) which was for some time under threat of closure but was reprieved, and it now has the best SATs results in Torfaen. It also changed its category to a Voluntary aided school (church) school.
Ponthir has many amenities such as two nurseries, two children's playgrounds, two churches, a village hall, a cricket club, a football (soccer) club (Ponthir United), 2 pubs - The Ponthir House and The Star, a grocery shop, a doctor and a dentist.
It is surrounded by the rolling hills of Monmouthshire, many farms, and the Afon Llwyd (grey river) runs through it.
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Pontypool
Coordinates: 51°42′11″N 3°02′28″W / 51.703°N 3.041°W / 51.703; -3.041
Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is a town of approximately 36,000 people in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in south Wales.
It is situated on the Afon Lwyd river in the county borough of Torfaen. Situated on the eastern edge of the South Wales coalfields, Pontypool grew around industries including iron and steel production, coal mining and the growth of the railways. A rather artistic manufacturing industry which also flourished here alongside heavy industry was Japanning, a type of lacquer ware.
Jasper Tudor, the Lord of Abergavenny and uncle of King Henry VII, on 10 October 1490, made a grant of land to one John ap David, and in the conveyance fixes one boundary as "...the highway leading from the church of Trevethin towards the bridge called Pont poell." It would seem therefore that the town gains its name from the bridge placed near the swampy pool which almost certainly would be greater than the forge pond that exists today.
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Rhiwderin
Rhiwderin (Welsh: Rhiwderyn) is a small village in the west of the city of Newport, South Wales.
It lies in the community parish and electoral district (ward) of Graig.
The original village lies across a level crossing off the main A468 Newport—Caerphilly road. There are additional houses on the other side of the main road known as Rhiwderin Heights which have almost merged the village with neighbouring Bassaleg.
The Pentrepoeth School is the local primary school in the area.
Coordinates: 51°34′53″N 3°04′10″W / 51.58148°N 3.06937°W / 51.58148; -3.06937
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River Usk
The River Usk (Welsh: Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain of mid-Wales, in the easternmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially it flows north into Usk Reservoir, then east by Sennybridge to Brecon before turning southeast to flow by Talybont-on-Usk, Crickhowell and Abergavenny after which it takes a more southerly course. Beyond the eponymous town of Usk it passes the Roman legionary fortress of Caerleon to flow through the heart of the city of Newport and into the Severn estuary at Uskmouth beyond Newport, at Newport Wetlands.
The name of the river is usually assumed to derive from a Brythonic root word meaning "water" or "river", which in other parts of Britain has taken the form Exe, Axe, Esk and other variants. An alternative suggestion is that it had the meaning 'abounding in fish'.
The whole river has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It contains estuary with mudflats and salt marsh, lagoons, bog and marsh, varied grassland and woodland habitats along its course. Its flora and fauna is diverse and includes salmon, trout, otters, twaite, shad, lamprey, perch, sea trout, chub, dace and roach as well as kingfishers, herons and other wildfowl and bird life. Dippers can be seen upriver along with red kite.
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Rogerstone
Coordinates: 51°35′26″N 3°03′13″W / 51.59061°N 3.05371°W / 51.59061; -3.05371
Rogerstone (Welsh: Tŷ du, meaning "Black house") is both a ward and community (parish) of the city of Newport, south-east Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.
The parish lies at the gateway to the Sirhowy valley, to the north of Newport on the eastern side of the Ebbw River. It is bounded by the M4 motorway to the south, the Ebbw River to the west, the Henllys vale to the east and the city boundary with Caerphilly county borough to the north.
Rogerstone railway station is on the Ebbw Valley Railway. It opened on 6 February 2008 and links Ebbw Vale to Cardiff Central via Rogerstone. The Re-opening of the link from Rogerstone to Newport railway station is planned for the future.
The original settlement dates back to Norman times when Rogerstone Castle was built in the early part of the 12th century. The name is said to originate from Roger de Haia, the Norman Lord who was responsible for the building of the castle, the remains of which are reduced to a low bush and tree covered motte opposite Criddle's garage on the lower section of Tregwilym Road. The Welsh name for Rogerstone "Tŷ Du" translates to English as "Black House", though no one is entirely sure why it has this name.
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South Wales
South Wales (Welsh: De Cymru) is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of Cardiff (population approximately 324,800), as well as Swansea and Newport. The Brecon Beacons national park covers about a third of South Wales, containing Pen y Fan, the highest mountain south of Snowdonia.
The extent of South Wales is loosely defined, but it is generally considered to be the area surrounding the M4 motorway, including the historic counties of Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire and sometimes extending westwards to include south Carmarthenshire and south Pembrokeshire. In the western extent, from Swansea westwards, local people would probably recognise that they lived in both South Wales and in West Wales — there is considerable overlap in these somewhat artificial boundaries. The northern border is particularly ill-defined, but the A40 may be a good approximation whilst others consider the more southerly Heads of the Valleys Road as the boundary.
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Trevethin
Trevethin (Welsh: Trefddyn) is a community of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales.
It is a modern suburb, built around a small village in the 1960s and '70s and is all but merged with nearby Penygarn. In 2005 it was announced that the district's local school, Trevethin Community School, was to close. Pupils were moved to Abersychan comprehensive school and West Monmouth School. The school buildings have now been demolished. Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw is a Welsh-medium education secondary school located in Trevethin.
Trevethin is situated in Pontypool and is on the southern most point of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Near to Trevethin are various famous landmarks including The Folly Tower and Grotto both of which were originally built by the Hanbury family during the 18th century.
Trevethin has been awarded Communities First status and has a strong partnership board.
Coordinates: 51°42′48″N 3°02′22″W / 51.71333°N 3.03944°W / 51.71333; -3.03944
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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Usk
Coordinates: 51°42′13″N 2°54′07″W / 51.7035°N 2.9019°W / 51.7035; -2.9019
Usk (Welsh: Brynbuga) is a small town in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, situated 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Newport.
It is located on the River Usk, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. A castle above the town overlooks the ancient crossing point. It developed as a small market town, with some industry including the making of Japanware, and a notable prison. In recent years Usk has become known for its history of success in Britain in Bloom competitions, winning the Large Village award in 2005. The resident population of the town in 2001 was 2,318.
The town takes its English name from the River Usk - a name derived from an ancient Brythonic word for river which may also mean "abounding in fish". The name resembles that of many other rivers in Britain (e.g. Exe, Esk), and is related to Scottish uisge ("water"), and therefore to "whisky". The Welsh name Brynbuga, (English: Buga's Hill), was first recorded in the 15th century.
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Uskmouth
Uskmouth (Welsh: Aberwysg) is an area to the south of the city of Newport, South Wales.
Uskmouth is effectively in the west of the village of Nash. It is at Uskmouth that the River Usk meets the Severn estuary.
It includes part of the Newport Wetlands Reserve [1], a notable wildlife reserve [2], with reed beds and grasslands that attract breeding birds such as lapwings, redshanks, oystercatchers, little ringed plovers and ringed plovers, as well as visitors such as wigeons, shovelers, teals, shelducks and pintails, bitterns, hen harriers and short-eared owls. It is part of the Caldicot Levels.
Following storms in the autumn of 1986, a track of human footprints was discovered eroding out of the clays in the intertidal zone in front of Uskmouth Power Station. The footprints were found to contain peat deposits, allowing them to be carbon dated to 4200BC. This made them the oldest known human footprints in Britain.
Coordinates: 51°32′46″N 2°57′24″W / 51.54611°N 2.95667°W / 51.54611; -2.95667
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Venta Silurum
Coordinates: 51°36′40″N 2°46′05″W / 51.611°N 2.768°W / 51.611; -2.768
Venta Silurum was a town in the Roman province of Britannia or Britain. Today it consists of remains in the village of Caerwent in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. Much of it has been archaeologically excavated and is on display to the public.
Venta was founded by the Romans in AD 75 as an administrative centre for the defeated Silures tribe in Roman Wales. Venta Silurum seems to mean "Market town of the Silures"[citation needed] (cf. Venta Belgarum and Venta Icenorum). This is confirmed by inscriptions on the "Civitas Silurum" stone, now on display in the parish church.
The town, located on the Roman road between Isca Augusta (Caerleon) and Glevum (Gloucester) and close to the Severn estuary, was - in contrast with nearby "Isca" - essentially established for civilian administration rather than for military purposes. The forum and basilica, the market place and centre of local government for the civitas, were built in the time of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, in the early part of the 2nd century. Public baths, and shops, including a blacksmiths, were built about the same time. Remains of farms and dwellings, some with courtyards, have also been excavated. There was also a Roman temple, perhaps dedicated to Mars and the Celtic god Ocelus. A bowl with a chi-rho symbol gives evidence of early Christian worship from the late 3rd century.
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Wales
Walesi/ˈweɪlz/ (Welsh: Cymru;Welsh pronunciation: [ˈkəm.rɨ] (
listen)) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain,bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km2 (8,023 sq mi). Wales has over 1,200 km (750 mi) of coastline, including its offshore islands; the largest, Anglesey (Ynys Môn), is also the largest island in the Irish Sea. Wales is largely mountainous, with its highest peaks in the north and central areas, especially in Snowdonia (Eryri), which contains Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), its highest summit.
During the Iron Age and early medieval period, Wales was inhabited by the Celtic Britons. A distinct Welsh national identity emerged in the centuries after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales is regarded as one of the modern Celtic nations today. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was recognised as King of Wales in 1057. Llywelyn ap Gruffydd's death in 1282 marked the completion of Edward I of England's conquest of Wales. The castles and town walls erected to ensure its permanence are now UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Owain Glyndŵr briefly restored independence to what was to become modern Wales, in the early 15th century. Wales was subsequently annexed by England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 since when, excluding those matters now devolved to Wales, English law has been the legal system of Wales and England. Distinctive Welsh politics developed in the 19th century. Welsh Liberalism, exemplified in the early 20th century by Lloyd George, was displaced by the growth of socialism and the Labour Party. Welsh national feeling grew over the century; Plaid Cymru was formed in 1925 and The Welsh Language Society in 1962. The National Assembly for Wales, created in 1999 following a referendum, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters.
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Wentlooge
Coordinates: 51°32′03″N 3°01′35″W / 51.53421°N 3.02645°W / 51.53421; -3.02645
Wentlooge (Welsh: Gwynllŵg), sometimes known as Wentloog, is a community in the southwest of the city of Newport, South Wales, in the Marshfield ward.
The name Wentlooge is a corruption of the earlier name Gwynllŵg, which itself was named after Gwynllyw, its 5th century or 6th century ruler.
The community is bounded by Pencoed reen to the northwest, the Ebbw River to the northeast, the Bristol Channel to the southeast and the Great Western Main Line to the southwest. It contains the hamlets of St Brides Wentlooge and Peterstone Wentlooge.
The area is governed by the Newport City Council and the Wentlooge community council.
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Whitson
Coordinates: 51°33′N 2°54′W / 51.55°N 2.90°W / 51.55; -2.90
Whitson is a village in the outskirts of the city of Newport, south Wales.
Whitson is located seven miles (11 km) south east of Newport city centre on the Caldicot Levels, a large area of coastal land reclaimed from the sea. Administratively, Whitson is part of the community (parish) of Goldcliff.
Sir Joseph Bradney, in his 1922 "History of Monmouthshire", is undecided on the derivation of the name of the manor and surrounding village, but notes early spellings such as Witston, Widson and Wyttston. It seems most likely, however, that the name came from "Whitestone", similar to the adjacent "Goldcliff". In 1358 the manor was held "...by John de Saint Maur of Penhow of Peter de Cusance by knight service, as of his manor of Langstone". In the 18th and 19th centuries the Phillips family owned a large estate in the parish and lived at what was then called "Whitson House" (see "Whitson Court" below).
Together with the neighbouring larger parishes of Nash and Goldcliff it is one of the so-called "Three Parishes" which have long been treated as a unit - geographically, socially, economically and ecclesiastically.
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Wilcrick
Wilcrick (Welsh: Chwilgrug) is a small village within the administrative boundary of the city of Newport, South Wales, just to the west of Magor. It is within the historic county of Monmouthshire.
The name translates from the Welsh as "bare hill". Three farms are located in the village: Church Farm, Newhouse Farm and Tump Farm.
To the southeast of the village is Wilcrick Hill which was a hillfort, of which the earthworks remain. Archaeological evidence, in the form of a small Iron Age settlement found preserved under peat at Barland's Farm, suggests that the occupiers probably moved inland, from the lower lying and wetter Caldicot Level, with their grazing cattle, when water-levels rose in the autumn, possibly to the hillfort which overlooks the site
Nearby, a nearly complete 3rd century Romano-British oak boat was found beside a buried stone and timber quay in 1993, during the building of a distribution depot at the nearby Europark. This suggests that much higher water levels prevailed on the Levels at the time.
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York
York (locali/ˈjɔːk/) is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence. The city offers a wealth of historic attractions, of which York Minster is the most prominent, and a variety of cultural and sporting activities.
The city was founded by the Romans in 71 AD, under the name of Eboracum. It became in turn the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior, and of the kingdoms of Northumbria and Jorvik. In the Middle Ages, York grew as a major wool trading centre and became the capital of the northern ecclesiastical province of the Church of England, a role it has retained.
In the 19th century York became a hub of the railway network and a confectionery manufacturing centre. In recent decades, the economy of York has moved from being dominated by its confectionery and railway-related industries to one that provides services. The University of York and health services have become major employers, whilst tourism has become an important element of the local economy.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language.
Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "In the Valley of Cauteretz", "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and fellow student at Trinity College, Cambridge, who was engaged to Tennyson's sister, but died from a brain haemorrhage before they could marry. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, "Ulysses," and "Tithonus." During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success.
A number of phrases from Tennyson's work have become commonplaces of the English language, including "Nature, red in tooth and claw", "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
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Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen ( /ˈmækən/; 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella "The Great God Pan" (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror (Stephen King has called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language"). He is also well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.
Machen was born Arthur Llewelyn Jones in Caerleon, Monmouthshire, though he usually referred to the county by its Welsh name Gwent. The house of his birth, opposite the Olde Bull Inn in The Square at Caerleon, is adjacent to the Priory Hotel and is today marked with a commemorative blue plaque. The beautiful landscape of Monmouthshire, with its associations of Celtic, Roman, and medieval history, made a powerful impression on him, and his love of it is at the heart of many of his works.
Machen was descended from a long line of clergymen, the family having originated in Carmarthenshire. In 1864, when Machen was two, his father John Edward Jones, became vicar of the parish of Llanddewi Fach with Llandegveth, about five miles north of Caerleon, and Machen was brought up at the rectory there. Jones had adopted his wife's maiden name, Machen, to inherit a legacy, legally becoming "Jones-Machen"; his son was baptised under that name and later used a shortened version of his full name, Arthur Machen, as a pen name.
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Bede
Bede ( /ˈbiːd/ BEED; Old English: Bǣda or Bēda; 672/673 – 26 May 735), also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede (Latin: Bēda Venerābilis), was an English monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow (see Monkwearmouth-Jarrow), both in the Kingdom of Northumbria. Bede's monastery had access to a superb library which included works by Eusebius and Orosius among many others.
He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title "The Father of English History". In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Leo XIII, a position of theological significance; he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation (Anselm of Canterbury, also a Doctor of the Church, was originally from Italy). Bede was moreover a skilled linguist and translator, and his work with the Latin and Greek writings of the early Church Fathers contributed significantly to English Christianity, making the writings much more accessible to his fellow Anglo-Saxons.
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Cadoc
Saint Cadoc (or Cadog or Cattwg) (Latin: Cadocus) (born about 497), Abbot of Llancarfan, was one of the 6th century British Christian saints. His vita twice mentions King Arthur. The Abbey of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorganshire, which he founded circa 518, became famous as a centre of learning. The first part of his name means 'battle'.
Cadoc's story appears in a Vita Cadoci written shortly before 1086 by Lifris of Llancarfan; "it was clearly written at Llancarfan with the purpose of honoring the house and confirming its endowments," Consequently, it is of limited historical merit, but some details are of interest.
Cadoc was a son of Gwynllyw (Latinized Gundleus), King of Gwynllwg in South Wales, who was a brother of Saint Petroc, but a robber chieftain who led a band of three hundred. His mother, Gwladys (Gladys) was the daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog who had been abducted in a raid, during which King Arthur acted as peacemaker. Cadoc's father later stole the cow of the Irish monk, St. Tathyw (or Tathai), and, when the monk came courageously to demand its return, the King decided in return to surrender his son to his care. Cadoc was raised at Caerwent in Monmouthshire by Tathyw, who later became a hermit.
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Caradog ap Gruffydd
Caradog ap Gruffydd (died 1081) was a Prince of Gwent in south-east Wales who made repeated attempts to gain power over all of southern Wales by seizing the Kingdom of Deheubarth.
Caradog was the grandson of Rhydderch ab Iestyn who had seized the throne of Deheubarth before his death in 1033. Caradog's father, Gruffydd ap Rhydderch also held sway in Deheubarth for a while before being eventually driven out and killed by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn who eventually ruled most of Wales.
The family's stronghold was the Kingdom of Gwent, and Caradog appears to have been able to add Morgannwg during his early career. He first appears in the historical record in 1065. Harold Godwinson, after defeating Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1063 had begun to build a hunting lodge in Portskewet. Caradog attacked and destroyed it, going on to ravage the district with his forces.
Caradog now set out to emulate his father and grandfather by adding Deheubarth to his realm. In 1072 he defeated and killed the ruler of Deheubarth, Maredudd ab Owain, in a battle by the Rhymney River.
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Carl Sargent
Carl L. Sargent (born December 11, 1952, in Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales) is a British author of several roleplaying game-based products and novels.
Sargent researched and taught psychology at the University of Cambridge. He started playing Dungeons & Dragons in 1978 through friends. TSR UK were based in Cambridge, and they met with Sargent after he had submitted an article to Imagine magazine. The TSR UK crew later left to work for Games Workshop. He later worked as a freelance designer, and was brought in by TSR to work on Greyhawk.
Most of his role-playing works were published between 1987 and 1996. He has authored many products for the Dungeons & Dragons (particularly for the World of Greyhawk setting), Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and Shadowrun roleplaying games. He also authored various Fighting Fantasy gamebooks and novels, some under the pseudonym Keith Martin.
Sargent holds a PhD in psychology (or experimental parapsychology), which he earned in 1979. He is known to have performed numerous ganzfeld experiments at the University of Cambridge (a photograph of Sargent performing such an experiment appears in the Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience, page 129). His published works in this field include Explaining the Unexplained: Mysteries of the Paranormal, co-authored with Hans Eysenck.
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Chrétien de Troyes
Chrétien de Troyes (Christian) was a French poet and trouvère who flourished in the late 12th century. Chrétien may have named himself Christian of Troyes in contrast to the Rashi, also of Troyes. Little is known of his life, but he seems to have been from Troyes, or at least intimately connected with it, and between 1160 and 1172 he served at the court of his patroness Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, perhaps as herald-at-arms (as Gaston Paris speculated). His work on Arthurian subjects represents some of the best regarded of medieval literature. His use of structure, particular in Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, has been seen as a step towards the modern novel.
Chrétien's works include five major poems in rhyming eight-syllable couplets. Four of these are complete; Erec and Enide (c. 1170); Cligès (c. 1176), and Yvain, the Knight of the Lion and Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, both written simultaneously between 1177 and 1181. Chrétien's final romance was Perceval, the Story of the Grail, written between 1181 and 1190, but left unfinished, though some scholars have disputed this. It is dedicated to Philip, Count of Flanders, to whom Chrétien may have been attached in his last years. He finished only 9,000 lines of the work, but four successors of varying talents added 54,000 additional lines in what are known as the Four Continuations. Similarly, the last thousand lines of Lancelot were written by Godefroi de Leigni, apparently by arrangement with Chrétien. In the case of Perceval, one continuer says the poet's death prevented him from completing the work, in the case of Lancelot, no reason is given. This has not stopped speculation that Chrétien did not approve of Lancelot's adulterous subject.
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Dubricius
Saint Dubricius (also known in Welsh as Dyfrig and in corrupt Norman-French as Devereux) (c. 465 – 550 or 612) was a 6th century Briton ecclesiastic venerated as a saint. He was the evangelist of Ergyng (now Archenfield) and much of South-East Wales.
Dubricius was the illegitimate son of Efrddyl, the daughter of King Peibio Clafrog of Ergyng. His grandfather threw his mother into the River Wye when he discovered she was pregnant, but was unsuccessful in drowning her. Dubricius was born in Madley in Herefordshire, England. He and his mother were reconciled with Peibio when Dubricius kissed him and cured him of his leprosy.[citation needed]
Dubricius founded a monastery at Hentland and then one at Moccas. He became the teacher of many well-known Welsh saints, including Teilo and Samson. Dedications at Porlock and near Luscombe on the Exmoor coast of Somerset may indicate that he also travelled in that area. He later became Bishop of Ergyng, possibly with his seat at Weston under Penyard, and probably held sway over all of Glamorgan and Gwent, an area that was later known as the diocese of Llandaff. However, he may have merely been a bishop for the purpose of ordaining priests, not as administrative head of the church over a geographical area. Dubricius was good friends with Saints Illtud and Samson, and attended the Synod of Llanddewi Brefi in 545, where he is said to have resigned his see in favour of Saint David. He retired to Bardsey Island where he was eventually buried before his body was transferred to Llandaff Cathedral in 1120.
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Gary Hocking
Gary Stuart Hocking (30 September 1937 – 21 December 1962) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion from Rhodesia who raced in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Hocking was born in Caerleon, near Newport, Monmouthshire, in south-east Wales, but was brought up in Southern Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe. As a teenager, he began racing motorcycles on grass tracks. Before long, he had moved on to road racing circuits.
He left Rhodesia to compete in Europe in 1958 and made an immediate impact, finishing 3rd behind the works MV Agustas at the Nürburgring. He was sponsored by Manchester tuner/dealer Reg Dearden, who provided him with new 350cc & 500cc Manx Norton racers.[citation needed] He spent the winter of 58/59 with the Costain family at their home "Lindors" in Castletown on the South of the Isle of Man, learning the Isle of Man TT course with George Costain, an established rider for the Dearden team, who had won the Senior Manx Grand Prix on a 500 Dearden-tuned Manx in 1954.[citation needed] In the 1959 Junior TT, he finished a credible 12th from 22nd on the grid, an impressive achievement for a first-timer to the circuit. In 1959, he was offered a ride by the East German MZ factory and finished second in the 250cc championship. During practice for the 1959 Junior TT, his and the machines of fellow team mates Terry Shepherd and John Hartle 350 Manx's were fitted with the top-secret works 350cc Desmodromic engine, but they ran standard engines for the actual race.[citation needed]MV Agusta offered Hocking full factory support for the 1960 season and he repaid their confidence by finishing 2nd in the 125cc, 250cc and 350cc classes.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth (Latin: Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, Galfridus Artur, Welsh: Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy) (c. 1100 – c. 1155) was a cleric and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur. He is best known for his chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae ("History of the Kings of Britain"), which was widely popular in its day and was credited, uncritically, well into the 16th century, being translated into various other languages from its original Latin.
Geoffrey was probably born some time between 1100 and 1110 in Wales or the Welsh Marches. He must have reached the age of majority by 1129, when he is recorded as witnessing a charter.
In his Historia, Geoffrey refers to himself as Galfridus Monumetensis, "Geoffrey of Monmouth", which indicates a significant connection to Monmouth, Wales, and which may refer to his birthplace. Geoffrey's works attest to some acquaintance with the place-names of the region. To contemporaries, Geoffrey was known as Galfridus Artur(us) or variants thereof. The "Arthur" in these versions of his name may indicate the name of his father, or a nickname based on Geoffrey's scholarly interests.
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Gildas
Gildas (c. 500 – 570) was a 6th-century British cleric. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during this period. His renowned learning and literary style earned him the designation Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise). His work De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which contains narratives of the post-Roman history of Britain, is the only substantial source for history of this period written by a near-contemporary. He was ordained in the Church and, in his works, favours the monastic ideal. Fragments of letters he wrote reveal that he composed a Rule for monastic life that was somewhat less austere than the Rule written by his contemporary, Saint David, and set suitable penances for its breach.
There are two Lives of Gildas: the earlier written by a monk of Rhuys in Brittany, possibly in the 9th century, the second written by Caradoc of Llancarfan, a friend and contemporary of Geoffrey of Monmouth, composed in the middle of the 12th century. Caradoc, presumably writing at Llancarfan in Wales, does not mention any connection with Brittany, and some scholars[who?] think that Gildas of Britain and Gildas of Rhuys were distinct personages. In other details, however, the two Lives complement each other.
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Hamelin de Ballon
Hamelin de Ballon (or Baalun, Baalan, Balun, Balodun, Balon, etc.) (died 5 March 1105/6) was an early Norman Baron and the first Baron Abergavenny and Lord of Over Gwent and Abergavenny, titles granted shortly after the Norman Conquest of England and Wales by William the Conqueror; he also served William Rufus.
He was from France, from the ancient manor of Ballon, today a commune in the department of Sarthe in the modern region of Pays-de-la-Loire. This was in the ancient province of Maine which was invaded and conquered by Duke William of Normandy in the early 1060s, just before his invasion of England.
He was a son of Drogo (or Dru) de Ballon and was accompanied to England by his brothers, Wynebald de Ballon and Wynoc. It is not known if he was present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but it is likely.
Hamelin de Ballon was rewarded with land in Cornwall and in south east Wales, in what was to become the Welsh Marches, and charged with its speedy and successful conquest and management. He sited the early motte and bailey version of Abergavenny Castle and organised the early Norman protection of the settlement of what became the town of Abergavenny around 1075, founding the Benedictine Priory in the town and making it a defensible site.
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James May
James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter, journalist and writer. He is best known for his role as co-presenter of the award-winning motoring program Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson , and Richard Hammond.
On Top Gear, May has the nickname "Captain Slow" for his careful driving style, a love of small underpowered cars and habit of getting lost and distracted while driving. However, in a July 2010 episode of Top Gear he drove a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, reaching a speed of 417.6 kilometres per hour (259.5 mph). After his attempt the Bugatti test driver Pierre-Henri Raphanel took the car to 430 kilometers per hour (267.5 mph).
May has presented a variety of other programs on themes including science and technology, toys, cars, wine culture, and the plight of manliness in modern times. In addition he has released a variety of DVDs and books with similar themes, and wrote a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph's motoring section.
James May was born in Bristol, one of four children; he has two sisters and a brother. May attended Caerleon Endowed Junior School in Newport, then in Monmouthshire. He spent his teenage years in South Yorkshire where he attended Oakwood Comprehensive School in Rotherham and was a choirboy at Whiston Parish Church. He was also at school with Life On Mars and Ashes to Ashes star Dean Andrews. A keen flautist and pianist, he later studied music at Pendle College, Lancaster University. After graduating, May briefly worked at a hospital in Chelsea as a records officer, and had a short stint in Her Majesty's Civil Service.
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James Sommerin
James 'Shrek' Sommerin (born in Caerleon) is a Welsh-born Michelin-starred chef.
Born in Caerleon, Sommerin baked with his grandmother on Saturdays as a child. Determined to become a chef, his father secured him his first Saturday job in an Italian restaurant in the hope of dissuading his son from getting into the industry, but the job only served to convince Sommerin of his vocation.
After school he undertook formal cookery training, and then worked in a local hotel, before heading to the Farleyer House Hotel in Aberfeldy, Scotland. There he trained further under Richard Lyth, who gave him his under-stated French style.
Returning to Wales to be closer to his family, Sommerin joined joined The Crown at Whitebrook in Monmouthshire in 2000 as Sous Chef. In December 2003 he became Head Chef, which under his control gained a Michelin star in April 2007.
Having been selected as one of the Chefs to Watch in 2008 by The Guardian, Sommerin represented Wales in the 2009 final of the BBC's Great British Menu, having beaten Stephen Terry.
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Julius and Aaron
Saints Julius and Aaron are celebrated as two British martyrs who died during the religious persecutions of the Emperor Diocletian in AD 304. Their feast day was traditionally celebrated on July 1.
In his De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, Gildas writes: "God…..in the…..time of persecution…..lest Britain should be completely enveloped in the thick darkness of black night, kindled for us bright lamps of holy martyrs…..I speak of Saint Alban of Verulamium, Aaron and Julius, citizens of Caerleon, and the rest of both sexes in different places, who stood firm with lofty nobleness of mind in Christ's battle."
There is doubt that Diocletian's persecutions were ever carried out in Britain, but churches were nevertheless dedicated to these two saints. Giraldus Cambrensis confirms that two churches at Caerleon were dedicated to Aaron and Julius. Bede repeats Gildas' words, but mistranslated Gildas' Urbs Legionum as Chester rather than Caerleon.
In Gwent, the traditional belief that they were martyred at Caerleon caused many churches in Caerleon and the wider Newport area to be dedicated to them, as well as the suburb of St. Julian's, Newport.
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King Arthur
King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians. The sparse historical background of Arthur is gleaned from various sources, including the Annales Cambriae, the Historia Brittonum, and the writings of Gildas. Arthur's name also occurs in early poetic sources such as Y Gododdin.
The legendary Arthur developed as a figure of international interest largely through the popularity of Geoffrey of Monmouth's fanciful and imaginative 12th-century Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain). Some Welsh and Breton tales and poems relating the story of Arthur date from earlier than this work; in these works, Arthur appears either as a great warrior defending Britain from human and supernatural enemies or as a magical figure of folklore, sometimes associated with the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn. How much of Geoffrey's Historia (completed in 1138) was adapted from such earlier sources, rather than invented by Geoffrey himself, is unknown.
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Layamon
Layamon or Laghamon (ˈlaɣamon; in American English often modernised as /ˈleɪ.əmən/; Middle English: Laȝamon, Laȝamonn), occasionally written Lawman, was a poet of the early 13th century and author of the Brut, a notable English poem of the 12th century that was the first English language work to discuss the legends of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Layamon describes himself in his poem as a priest, living at Areley Kings in Worcestershire. His poem provided inspiration for numerous later writers, including Sir Thomas Malory and Jorge Luis Borges, and had an impact on medieval history writing in England.
Print-era editors and cataloguers have spelled his name in various ways including "Layamon", "Lazamon", or "Lawman". Brown University suggests that the form "Layamon" is etymologically incorrect, while The Fifth International Conference on Laȝamon's Brut at Brown University mentions: "BL MS Cotton Caligula A.ix spells it "Laȝamon" (the third letter is called a "yogh"). BL MS Cotton Otho C.xiii spelled it "Laweman" and "Loweman".
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Len Hill
Lenard Winston Hill (April 14, 1941 – April 12, 2007), was a Welsh sportsman, who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan, league football for Swansea Town and Newport County and was also a talented tennis player.
Hill was born in Caerleon and played for Lovell's Athletic before joining Newport County in 1962. He remained with Newport until 1973, later playing briefly for Swansea City.
Hill joined Glamorgan County Cricket Club in 1964, but his football career took precedence, preventing him from playing a full county cricket season until the mid 1970s. His first class debut came on July 18, 1964 against Lancashire. He scored just one run on his debut, falling lbw to Brian Statham.
He later became a regular right-hand batsman in the Glamorgan first XI, and was awarded a county cap in 1974. He made 76 first-class appearances for Glamorgan and scored 2,690 runs (including 14 fifties), with a top score of 96 not out against Gloucestershire in 1974. In the same year, he scored 90 not out against Hampshire in one of the year's most notable Glamorgan victories. He played his last game for Glamorgan in 1976.
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Lyndon Mustoe
Lyndon Mustoe (born 30 January 1969) was a Welsh rugby union prop who was selected for the Wales national team on ten occasions during the 1990s.
Mustoe represented several Welsh club sides throughout his playing career, including Chepstow, Newport, Pontypool, Cardiff and Bridgend. In 1996 he was part of the Cardiff team that lost against Toulouse in the first Heineken Cup final.
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Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo, OBE,FKC, AKC (born 5 October 1943) is an English author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature. He was the third Children's Laureate.
Michael Morpurgo was educated at schools in central London, Devon, Sussex and Kent; his unhappy experiences at boarding school would inform his novel The Butterfly Lion, one of his more famous works. He attended the independent prep school Mount House in Devon until he was 13. He then went to The King's School, an independent school in Canterbury, and while there he was once described as being "rather stupid but great at rugby". He later trained for the British Army at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He then took up a teaching job.[citation needed] He graduated with a 3rd class degree in English and French from King's College London
Morpurgo's first job was as a primary school teacher, in Kent. In his late twenties, while he was teaching, he discovered his talent for storytelling, of which he later said "I could see there was magic in it for them, and realized there was magic in it for me."
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Nick Walne
Nicholas John Walne (born 18 September 1975) is a former Wales international rugby union player. He was selected for the 1999 Rugby World Cup squad. Walne usually played on the wing but sometimes at centre. He played his club rugby for Cardiff. Walne was educated at Caerleon Comprehensive School.
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Nigel Vaughan
Nigel Mark Vaughan (born 20 May 1959 in Caerleon) is a Welsh former professional footballer and Wales international. He gained ten international caps during his career.
Vaughan started his playing career at his local professional side Newport County making 224 appearances and scoring 32 goals for the club. After leaving Caerleon Comprehensive School in 1975 he made his Football league debut against Rochdale as a left back at the age of 17 by manager Jimmy Scoular. The following week he played against Bournemouth in the FA Cup – both games finished goalless. His performances in both games were enough to get him two Welsh Youth National Team appearances against England (Wales were beat 2-3 on aggregate). Having signed as a professional in 1977 it was Newport County manager Len Ashurst that had the biggest influence on Vaughan’s career. A manager that believed in him, and changed him into a centre midfield player during the most successful period in the club's long history.
In 1980 he played a pivotal role in helping Newport County to double success, by achieving promotion from the old Division 4 and winning the Welsh Cup against Shrewsbury Town (5-1 on aggregate). The following season County entered the European Cup Winners Cup, reaching the quarter-final losing 2-3 to Carl Zeiss Jena. He made two Welsh Under 21 National appearances as captain, against France (2-0) and Holland (0-0).
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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English military and political leader who was part of the joint republican, military and parliamentarian effort that overthrew the Stuart monarchy as a result of the English Civil War, and was subsequently invited by his fellow leaders to assume a head of state role in 1653. As such, Cromwell ruled as "Lord Protector" for a five-year segment (1653–58) of the 11-year period of republican Commonwealth and protectorate rule of England, and nominally of Ireland, Wales and Scotland. As one of the commanders of the New Model Army, he played an important role in the defeat of the King's forces, the royalists in the English Civil War. After the execution of King Charles I in 1649, Cromwell dominated the short-lived Commonwealth of England, conquered Ireland and Scotland, ruling as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658.
Cromwell was born into the ranks of the middle gentry, and remained relatively obscure for the first 40 years of his life. Along with his brother, Henry, he kept a small holding of chickens and sheep, selling eggs and wool to support himself. His lifestyle resembled that of a yeoman farmer until he received an inheritance from his uncle. After undergoing a religious conversion during the same decade, Cromwell made an independent style of puritanism an essential part of his life. He took a generally (but not completely) tolerant view towards the many Protestant sects of his period. As a ruler he executed an aggressive and effective foreign policy and did as much as any English leader to shape the future of the land he governed. But his Commonwealth collapsed after his death and the royal family was restored in 1660. An intensely religious man—a self-styled Puritan Moses — he fervently believed God was guiding his victories.
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Owain Glyndŵr
Owain Glyndŵr (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr]), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, anglicised by William Shakespeare as Owen Glendower (c. 1349 or 1359 – c. 1416), was a Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales. He instigated a fierce and long-running but ultimately unsuccessful revolt against the English rule of Wales.
Glyndŵr was a descendant of the Princes of Powys from his father Gruffydd Fychan II, hereditary Tywysog of Powys Fadog and Lord of Glyndyfrdwy, and of those of Deheubarth through his mother Elen ferch Tomas ap Llywelyn. On 16 September 1400, Glyndŵr instigated the Welsh Revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England. Although successful in terms of uniting the Welsh against their oppressors, the uprising eventually ran out of pace due to key home ground lost whilst chasing the English army towards London — Glyndŵr was last seen in 1412 and was never captured nor tempted by royal pardons and never betrayed. His final years are a mystery.
Glyndŵr has remained a notable figure in the popular culture of both Wales and England, portrayed in Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part 1 (as Owen Glendower) as a wild and exotic man ruled by magic and emotion ("at my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets, and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shaked like a coward." — Henry IV, Part 1, Act 3, scene 1). In the late 19th century the Cymru Fydd movement recreated him as the father of Welsh nationalism, revising the historical image of him and joining him in popular memory as a national hero on par with King Arthur.
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Rhys Gethin
Rhys Gethin (d. 1405) was a key figure in the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr. He was his standard bearer and a leading general. His name means "swarthy Rhys".
Litle is known of his life. He had a brother, Hywel Coetmor, who also played a significant role in the rising. It is claimed that they were the grandsons of an illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd.
He took part in the crucial Welsh victory at the Battle of Bryn Glas in 1402. He led an army which captured several castles in South Wales. He appears to have been killed at either the Battle of Pwll Melyn or the Battle of Grosmont in 1405.
In the 20th century, his name was used as a pseudonym in statements by Meibion Glyndŵr.
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Roger Freestone
Roger Freestone (born 19 August 1968) is a former Wales international Goalkeeper.
Born in Caerleon, near Newport, Monmouthshire, Freestone began his career at Newport County as a trainee before moving to Chelsea in 1987 for £95,000. During his time there he was never the established first choice, being behind Eddie Niedzwicki, Kevin Hitchcock and Dave Beasant, and was loaned out to Swansea City and Hereford United. He eventually joined Swansea on a permanent deal in 1991, for a fee of £45,000, and went on to spend over a decade, the majority of his career, at the Welsh club.
In 2001 a rumoured move to rivals Cardiff City was met with anger from Swansea fans as they did not want to lose him. He left the club after thirteen years and went on to sign for Newport County in 2004, but his contract was cancelled several months later by mutual consent owing to recurring injury problems and he eventually retired.
The way in which he left Swansea City angered a lot of fans. Then-manager Kenny Jackett said he made a tough choice in releasing Roger Freestone and the supporters felt they had missed an opportunity to give a proper send-off that he deserved for his contribution.
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The Darling Buds
The Darling Buds were an indie band from Newport, South Wales. The band formed in 1986 and were named after the H. E. Bates novel The Darling Buds of May – a title taken in turn, from the third line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May".
Influenced by the catchy simple sound of the early Beatles, the band created melodic, hook-driven, short-duration singles. They were considered part of the short lived "Blonde" movement (indie rock band fronted by blonde female singer with all other members being dark-haired males) along with the likes of The Primitives and Transvision Vamp, but also referenced the C86 scene of a few years earlier.[citation needed]
The Darling Buds formed in Caerleon near Newport, South Wales, in 1986, by the then 19-year-old Andrea Lewis. Their debut single, "If I Said", was released on February 1987 and was well received. The group re-released the single on an established label, Native Records, receiving radio play on John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. Signing with Sony in 1988, several singles preceded their critically acclaimed 1989 debut LP, Pop Said.... The album ultimately reached the Top 30 in the UK Albums Chart, and the band appeared on the cover of Melody Maker twice (24 September 1988 and 18 February 1989). In 1990, the original drummer, Bloss, left the band and was replaced by Jimmy Hughes from Black. Their second album, Crawdaddy, was not as well received. Pressing forward with their new style, the group followed with their third and final album in 1992, entitled Erotica, a few weeks before Madonna's album of the same name. The album contained the US single, "Long Day In The Universe", which was featured on the soundtrack for the Mike Myers film, So I Married an Axe Murderer. Although they toured the United States in support of the album for a year, the members of the Darling Buds grew increasingly frustrated by their lack of commercial success and disbanded.
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Thomas Malory
Sir Thomas Malory (c. 1405 – 14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur. The antiquary John Leland (1506–1552) as well as John Bale believed him to be Welsh, but most modern scholars, beginning with G. L. Kittredge in 1894, assume that he was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, who was a knight, land-owner and Member of Parliament.. Sir Thomas Malory. Leiden: E. J. Brill, Old French adjective maleüré (from Latin male auguratus) meaning ill-omened or unfortunate
Most of what is known about Malory stems from the accounts describing him in the prayers found in the Winchester Manuscript, distinguishing him from the other six individuals also bearing the name Thomas Malory in the 15th century when Le Morte d'Arthur was written. At the end of the "Tale of King Arthur," being Books I-IV in the printing by William Caxton, is written:
"For this was written by a knight prisoner Thomas Malleorre, that God send him good recovery."
At the end of "The Tale of Sir Gareth," Caxton's Book VII:
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Wace
Wace (c. 1110 – after 1174) was a Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy (he tells us in the Roman de Rou that he was taken as a child to Caen), ending his career as Canon of Bayeux.
All that is known of Wace's life comes from autobiographical references in his poems. He neglected to mention his birthdate; sometime between 1090 and 1110 is the most commonly accepted year of his birth.
The name Wace, used in Jersey until the 16th century, appears to have been his only name; surnames were not universally used at that time.
It is speculated that he may have been of aristocratic origin, as he was sent to Caen to be educated, which would have been virtually impossible for most. His detailed writing on maritime matters may have stemmed from his island upbringing.
Around 1130 Wace returned to Caen and took ecclesiatical work, possibly as a teacher.
The date of Wace's death is uncertain. The most recent event described in the Roman de Rou may be dated to 1174. In the Rou, Wace also mentions Henry the Young King as living. The latter lived until 1183, which means that Wace probably did not revise the Rou after that date.
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World War I
World War I (WWI), which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939 (World War II), and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centred around the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy; but, as Austria–Hungary had taken the offensive against the agreement, Italy did not enter into the war). These alliances both reorganised (Italy fought for the Allies), and expanded as more nations entered the war. Ultimately more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed, largely because of enormous increases in lethality of weapons, thanks to new technology, without corresponding improvements in protection or mobility. It was the sixth-deadliest conflict in world history, subsequently paving the way for various political changes such as revolutions in the nations involved.
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Snow In Caerleon - January 2010
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- Duration: 3:07
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Wander around a wintery Caerleon,
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From Lodge Hill To Tanhouse Drive Caerleon, Late 1960s
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- Duration: 2:30
- Updated: 15 Aug 2010
Shaky home movie footage taken from the front passenger seat of a car driving down Lodge Hill and Mill Street Caerleon in the late 1960s. Good view of Cambria House in Mill Street - now demolished.
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Shaky home movie footage taken from the front passenger seat of a car driving down Lodge Hill and Mill Street Caerleon in the late 1960s. Good view of Cambria House in Mill Street - now demolished.
- published: 01 Mar 2010
- views: 736
- author: Merlin Ambrosius
Caerleon - Prix du Jockey Club(French Derby) 1983
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- Duration: 2:48
- Updated: 14 May 2012
Caerleon is a son of Nijinsky, who won Prix du Jockey Club, or the French Derby and the Benson & Hedges Gold Cup Stakes, which is now named the International Stakes. He's in the gate 4, with the jockey in white cap.
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Caerleon is a son of Nijinsky, who won Prix du Jockey Club, or the French Derby and the Benson & Hedges Gold Cup Stakes, which is now named the International Stakes. He's in the gate 4, with the jockey in white cap.
- published: 10 Jan 2007
- views: 7945
- author: neojappy
Caerleon's Roman History
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- Duration: 4:09
- Updated: 24 Jul 2012
A journey round some of Caerleon's historical sights.
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A journey round some of Caerleon's historical sights.
- published: 27 Mar 2009
- views: 733
- author: MikeLeeProductions
Caerleon to Office Under 2 and a half minutes
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- Duration: 2:28
- Updated: 30 Jul 2012
And all without doing more than 50mph!
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The Ermine Street Guard | Caerleon Amphitheatre | 19/08/2012
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- Duration: 38:57
- Updated: 19 Nov 2012
Here is the full Ermine Street Guard Roman Reenactment group performing at Caerleon Amphitheatre as part of the National Roman Legion Museum's Empire: A Roman Spectacular. As I said in the video, I recorded it in full HD (1920x1080/50p), but it would take so long to upload and use so much of my Broadband limit, that I have put it into a lower resolution. I hope you enjoy all the same. I also only took one camera and filmed the whole thing handheld as I made way there on a my bike. Next year, I'll see if I can get some more cameras and crew down there and we can do a multi-camera production. About what went on: Celebrating their 40th Anniversary, Britain's top and longest running Roman re enactment group, The Ermine Street Guard, return to Caerleon to amaze the crowds with outstanding military displays. Watch in wonder as the horses are put through their paces in the arena! See ancient machines of war shoot missiles high into the air, and daring riders show the speed and grace of the Roman cavalry. www.erminestreetguard.co.uk www.museumwales.ac.uk Cameras Used: Sony HDR-CX130 Audio Equipment: Behringer C1 Behringer Xenyx 1202 Edited on Custom-Built PC: AMD FX 6100 6-core 3.3GHz processor Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard 1TB Western Digital Hard Drive For more info on my PC: youtu.be Software: Sony Vegas (Video Editing) Audacity (Sound Recording) Tags: Ermine Street Guard Caerleon Amphitheatre 19/08/2012 19th August 2012 National Roman Legion Museum ...
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Here is the full Ermine Street Guard Roman Reenactment group performing at Caerleon Amphitheatre as part of the National Roman Legion Museum's Empire: A Roman Spectacular. As I said in the video, I recorded it in full HD (1920x1080/50p), but it would take so long to upload and use so much of my Broadband limit, that I have put it into a lower resolution. I hope you enjoy all the same. I also only took one camera and filmed the whole thing handheld as I made way there on a my bike. Next year, I'll see if I can get some more cameras and crew down there and we can do a multi-camera production. About what went on: Celebrating their 40th Anniversary, Britain's top and longest running Roman re enactment group, The Ermine Street Guard, return to Caerleon to amaze the crowds with outstanding military displays. Watch in wonder as the horses are put through their paces in the arena! See ancient machines of war shoot missiles high into the air, and daring riders show the speed and grace of the Roman cavalry. www.erminestreetguard.co.uk www.museumwales.ac.uk Cameras Used: Sony HDR-CX130 Audio Equipment: Behringer C1 Behringer Xenyx 1202 Edited on Custom-Built PC: AMD FX 6100 6-core 3.3GHz processor Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Motherboard 1TB Western Digital Hard Drive For more info on my PC: youtu.be Software: Sony Vegas (Video Editing) Audacity (Sound Recording) Tags: Ermine Street Guard Caerleon Amphitheatre 19/08/2012 19th August 2012 National Roman Legion Museum ...
- published: 19 Aug 2012
- views: 626
- author: BTScompanies
Drive Around Caerleon Part 1.MOV
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- Duration: 1:28
- Updated: 12 Sep 2012
Experimenting with a home-made video windshield mount
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Experimenting with a home-made video windshield mount
- published: 01 Nov 2010
- views: 368
- author: flanderer
Caerleon crossbar challenge.
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- Duration: 2:18
- Updated: 27 Aug 2010
Matt erskine, Tom Mahoney, Simeon Olowo-fela, Calum Dart, Josh Howell, Jack Davies, Gareth Dawson, Ben Stones
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Matt erskine, Tom Mahoney, Simeon Olowo-fela, Calum Dart, Josh Howell, Jack Davies, Gareth Dawson, Ben Stones
- published: 09 Nov 2008
- views: 944
- author: fela9307
Caerleon reconstruction
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- Duration: 2:50
- Updated: 09 Oct 2012
Screen capture of the 3d realtime engine. Michael Klein / Felix Flakus www.7reasons.at Dr Peter Guest School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University.
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Screen capture of the 3d realtime engine. Michael Klein / Felix Flakus www.7reasons.at Dr Peter Guest School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University.
- published: 23 Aug 2011
- views: 1163
- author: techlab7reasons
Tree Surgeon Caerleon
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- Duration: 5:07
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
Tree Surgeon Caerleon treesurgeon-wales.co.uk Maindee Tree Services 75 Chepstow Road Newport Gwent NP19 8BY 01633 211611 Tree Surgeon Caerleon tree surgery how to take down a tree in one, this project was a land clearance project where the land was being cleared to all a new build. There were several large trees to be removed and this is video one of several videos shot on this tree surgery companies project to clear the land of trees and stumps ready to start building in Carerleon South Wales. The arboricultural services of David Robbins Tree Surgeon Caerleon were called for as there were properties and vehicles all around this site, this called for the best tree surgeon Caerleon to be called in to quickly accurately and safely remove several trees from this land. As you can imagine David has had many courses in tree surgery to get to this stage as an expert tree surgeon, however he refuses to allow his tree surgery to grow to a large business because David believes that arboricultural services such as tree removal should be affordable to all people not just wealthy people and large businesses, possible the best most affordable tree surgeon Caerleon. See Our Tree Surgeon Wales Videos Here http Tree surgery companies with the skills and means to carry out such large tree removal jobs in Newport and Caerleon are far and few between, yet this tree surgery company specialises in both small tree surgery jobs and large scale land clearances such as this one, a great project ...
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Tree Surgeon Caerleon treesurgeon-wales.co.uk Maindee Tree Services 75 Chepstow Road Newport Gwent NP19 8BY 01633 211611 Tree Surgeon Caerleon tree surgery how to take down a tree in one, this project was a land clearance project where the land was being cleared to all a new build. There were several large trees to be removed and this is video one of several videos shot on this tree surgery companies project to clear the land of trees and stumps ready to start building in Carerleon South Wales. The arboricultural services of David Robbins Tree Surgeon Caerleon were called for as there were properties and vehicles all around this site, this called for the best tree surgeon Caerleon to be called in to quickly accurately and safely remove several trees from this land. As you can imagine David has had many courses in tree surgery to get to this stage as an expert tree surgeon, however he refuses to allow his tree surgery to grow to a large business because David believes that arboricultural services such as tree removal should be affordable to all people not just wealthy people and large businesses, possible the best most affordable tree surgeon Caerleon. See Our Tree Surgeon Wales Videos Here http Tree surgery companies with the skills and means to carry out such large tree removal jobs in Newport and Caerleon are far and few between, yet this tree surgery company specialises in both small tree surgery jobs and large scale land clearances such as this one, a great project ...
- published: 13 Jan 2012
- views: 782
- author: TreeSurgeonWales
BaronessCaerleon.wmv
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- Duration: 7:21
- Updated: 17 Oct 2010
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Brigandine GE Caerleon Ouroboros
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- Duration: 17:33
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Brigandine Grand Edition from PlayStation Caerleon vs Bulnoil Used knight: 1. Dogal - Avenger 2. Merriot - Artemis 3. Soleil - Cardinal I did not really get that many special items for my monsters. Please leave a feedback on anything: gameplay, video, etc
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Brigandine Grand Edition from PlayStation Caerleon vs Bulnoil Used knight: 1. Dogal - Avenger 2. Merriot - Artemis 3. Soleil - Cardinal I did not really get that many special items for my monsters. Please leave a feedback on anything: gameplay, video, etc
- published: 15 Mar 2012
- views: 284
- author: Vee0412
celtic reenactment caerleon
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- Duration: 1:23
- Updated: 09 Aug 2011
celtic reenactment group in caerleon Roman stadium
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celtic reenactment group in caerleon Roman stadium
- published: 06 Jul 2008
- views: 2905
- author: herefordlad169
DetectingWales com Caerleon Metal Detecting Rally
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- Duration: 3:16
- Updated: 12 Sep 2012
Metal detecting rally in Caerleon, South Wales, organised by DetectingWales.com
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Metal detecting rally in Caerleon, South Wales, organised by DetectingWales.com
- published: 18 Mar 2009
- views: 3741
- author: DetectingWales
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Brigandine - Caerleon's Attack [Remastered]
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- Duration: 2:02
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
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- published: 24 May 2011
- views: 2362
- author: sschafi1
Drive Around Caerleon Part 2.MOV
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- Duration: 1:34
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
Still experimenting with homemade windshield-mount.
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Still experimenting with homemade windshield-mount.
- published: 01 Nov 2010
- views: 402
- author: flanderer
Lilygreen & Maguire's Big Welsh Busk: Caerleon
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- Duration: 7:03
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Lilygreen & Maguire put on a free show in Caerleon. Follow the Big Welsh Busk on lilygreenandmaguire.com Tweet #BigWelshBusk to join the online crowd
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Lilygreen & Maguire put on a free show in Caerleon. Follow the Big Welsh Busk on lilygreenandmaguire.com Tweet #BigWelshBusk to join the online crowd
- published: 22 Apr 2012
- views: 3516
- author: lilygreenandmaguire
Roman Day - Caerleon 1st July '06 - PT. 1
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- Duration: 7:04
- Updated: 03 Nov 2012
PART 1 - ROMAN LEGION - Caerleon Amphiteatre had a Roman Day where they showed what the Roman's used and how they fought in battle, i have had it on my pc for a while and have finally uploaded, hope you enjoy it
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PART 1 - ROMAN LEGION - Caerleon Amphiteatre had a Roman Day where they showed what the Roman's used and how they fought in battle, i have had it on my pc for a while and have finally uploaded, hope you enjoy it
- published: 01 Nov 2006
- views: 10727
- author: GoldenAcreProduction
Caerleon Fair - Midwinter Vow
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- Duration: 4:29
- Updated: 30 Nov 2012
Midwinter Vow. Performed by Caerleon Fair. HNW Music SP 201203. Music composed by Henk Werkhoven and Robert Nicolai. Christmas market sounds (Germany) by Inchadney, Freesound.org. Distribution: NORMA (iTunes) and CD Baby. From the CD Caerleon Fair - Elaine the White. HNW Music CD 201201. A synthesis of instrumental (Celtic) folk, world music, classical music, new age music, symphonic-, folk- and prog rock. For more information about Caerleon Fair: www.henkwerkhoven.nl © Video clip Suyay, 2012, Malaga, Spain. www.youtube.com Images by: Suyay and Pankeyheike, Germany. Digital painting, cover art: © Henk Werkhoven. No reproduction without creditline.
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Midwinter Vow. Performed by Caerleon Fair. HNW Music SP 201203. Music composed by Henk Werkhoven and Robert Nicolai. Christmas market sounds (Germany) by Inchadney, Freesound.org. Distribution: NORMA (iTunes) and CD Baby. From the CD Caerleon Fair - Elaine the White. HNW Music CD 201201. A synthesis of instrumental (Celtic) folk, world music, classical music, new age music, symphonic-, folk- and prog rock. For more information about Caerleon Fair: www.henkwerkhoven.nl © Video clip Suyay, 2012, Malaga, Spain. www.youtube.com Images by: Suyay and Pankeyheike, Germany. Digital painting, cover art: © Henk Werkhoven. No reproduction without creditline.
- published: 26 Nov 2012
- views: 619
- author: Henk Werkhoven
Brigandine GE Caerleon Bulnoil
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- Duration: 14:03
- Updated: 27 Dec 2012
Brigandine Grand Edition from PlayStation Caerleon vs Bulnoil Used knight: 1. Dogal - Avenger 2. Merriot - Artemis 3. Soleil - Cardinal I did not really get that many special items for my monsters. Please leave a feedback on anything: gameplay, video, etc
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Brigandine Grand Edition from PlayStation Caerleon vs Bulnoil Used knight: 1. Dogal - Avenger 2. Merriot - Artemis 3. Soleil - Cardinal I did not really get that many special items for my monsters. Please leave a feedback on anything: gameplay, video, etc
- published: 15 Mar 2012
- views: 880
- author: Vee0412
Caerleon Overview 3D realtime app
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- Duration: 1:40
- Updated: 22 Nov 2011
Screen capture of the 3d interactive app. Michael Klein / Felix Flakus www.7reasons.at Dr Peter Guest School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University.
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Screen capture of the 3d interactive app. Michael Klein / Felix Flakus www.7reasons.at Dr Peter Guest School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University.
- published: 23 Aug 2011
- views: 1244
- author: techlab7reasons
Caerleon Comprehensive School, Leavers' Ball 2011
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- Duration: 7:42
- Updated: 12 Dec 2012
A final collection of photos from the Class of 2011.
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A final collection of photos from the Class of 2011.
- published: 25 Jun 2011
- views: 713
- author: Ryan Hopkins
Caerleon Dig 'Lost City' Excavations Introduction
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- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 05 Oct 2012
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photo: AP / New York City Police Department
30 Dec 2012
A woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform because she has hated Muslims since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the US and thought he was one was charged on Saturday with murder as a hate crime, prosecutors said ... Menendez, 31, was awaiting arraignment on the charge on Saturday evening, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. She faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted ... On Dec ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)
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01 Jan 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. For good reason Mark Charles, a member of the Navajo Nation, is deeply offended that buried on page 45 of the 2010 Defense Appropriation Act (after pages on the maintenance and operation of the United States Military) is an "official" apology to Native American People ... political leaders and officials find it extremely difficult in expressing remorse for past mistakes ... Escorted by the U.S....(size: 5.6Kb)
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30 Dec 2012
London. UN-Arab League envoy to Damascus, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria seemed far away, adding that the country risked being slithering into ‘hell’ ... (ANI). For Zee News’s Updates, follow us on Twitter , Facebook, Google+, Pinterest. First Published ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
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31 Dec 2012
Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the German economic climate in 2013 will be "even more difficult". In her new year message, she also cautioned that the eurozone debt crisis was far from over. However, she did say that reforms designed to address the roots of the problem were beginning to bear fruit ... In a taped interview to be broadcast later on Monday, Mrs Merkel urged Germans to be more patient ... Voters 'wary' ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
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01 Jan 2013
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrians woke on New Year's Day to countrywide aerial bombardment, while President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels fighting to topple him clashed on the outskirts of the capital. Free Syrian Army fighters and civilians search for bodies under rubble after an air strike by a fighter jet loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Marja district December 31, 2012. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA - Tags ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)
photo: WN / Emico Silalahi
30 Dec 2012
All the knights, dames, commanders and members of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year honours list. KNIGHTS BACHELOR. Charles Benedict Ainslie, CBE. Finn Sailor. For services to Sailing. (Cornwall). David John Brailsford, CBE. Performance director, British Cycling. For services to Cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Derbyshire). David Whitlock Tanner, CBE. Performance director, British Rowing ... DBE ... (Caerleon, Newport) ... ....(size: 160.0Kb)
The Daily Telegraph
29 Dec 2012
Here is a full list of recipients of the New Year Honours 2013. . Image 1 of 2. London 2012 Olympians on the New Year Honours list. (clockwise from top left) David Weir , Bradley Wiggins, Jessica Ennis, Ben Ainslie and Ellie Simmonds . . Image 1 of 2 ... 12.01AM GMT 29 Dec 2012. ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. GBE. Sir Alan Peter Budd ... (London). Related Articles. New Year Honours 2012 ... (Caerleon, Newport) ... ....(size: 221.7Kb)
BBC News
18 Dec 2012
All secondary schools in Wales have been given a score and then placed in a banding group of between one and five. It is an assessment of a school's performance in the academic year 2011-12, with Band 1 the best and Band 5 at the other end of the scale. The scores were derived by assessing school performance within four broad categories ... School Score Band Blaenau Gwent. Brynmawr Foundation School. 27 ... 27 ... Caerleon Comprehensive School....(size: 38.0Kb)
BBC News
18 Dec 2012
This table, produced by BBC Wales, ranks all secondary schools in Wales by the total score they were given by the Welsh government. It is an assessment of a school's performance in the academic year 2011-12, where the lowest scores represent the best performance. The scores were derived by assessing school performance within categories including GCSE results and attendance ... Swansea. 11.5 ... 12.5 ... Gwynedd ... Caerleon Comprehensive School....(size: 37.5Kb)
noodls
28 Nov 2012
28-11-2012 . Students at the University of Wales, Newport have been given the opportunity to find out more about their chosen careers, thanks to a recent Placement Fair ... To promote the benefits of work experience, two of Newport's student filmmakers - Natasha Hawthornthwaite and Michael Regan - made a short film at the Placement Fair, which was held at both Caerleon and City Campuses. To watch the film, click here ... distributed by....(size: 3.0Kb)
noodls
10 Nov 2012
09 November 2012. Five people have been taken to court by Caerphilly County Borough Council and fined in the last week for committing environmental offences in Caerphilly county borough. The offences, for littering or dog fouling, were brought about after the non payment of fixed penalty notices of £75, issued by Caerphilly County Borough Council's Enforcement team ... Gavin Evans, of Caerleon Close, St Mellons, Cardiff ... distributed by....(size: 3.9Kb)
noodls
07 Nov 2012
Llanidloes Town manager Antony Griffiths (Vic Rigarlsford) ... "It will be difficult ... Gavin Chesterfield's side travel to Cae Baker having overcome Caerleon 5-2 in the previous Round, but will know little about Gari Lewis' Huws Gray Alliance side, who have been boosted by the signing of creative midfielder Luke Sherbon, who once had a spell with Barry Town in the Welsh Premier League ... distributed by ... (noodl. 16516966) ....(size: 3.7Kb)
noodls
01 Nov 2012
The calendar, priced at £5.50 is now on sale at outlets across Newport, including the South Wales Argus offices; the Serennu Centre in Ebbw Vale; via the University of Wales, Newport online shop; at both Caerleon and City Campus reception desks; and at F.Hinds in The Kingsway Centre....(size: 5.5Kb)
noodls
30 Oct 2012
The history of Wales is "all-important" - a new series to start on S4C which brings alive the history of Wales and Britain. 30/10/2012. "The history of a nation is all-important ... Brand new series, Ditectifs Hanes will bring alive the history of Wales for the nation's children ... Llinos Griffin-Williams, Producer of Ditectifs Hanes said. ... Notes ... National History Museum, National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon, Big Pit....(size: 5.8Kb)
noodls
29 Oct 2012
29-10-2012 . The University of Wales, Newport has hosted a visit from Icelandic colleagues as part of a scheme to draw comparisons of counselling provision in the two countries ... He said ... Ragna added ... We are staying in the beautiful village of Caerleon which has been fascinating because Iceland's history does not date as far back as it does here ... Hrafnhildur said ... distributed by ... (noodl. 16403549) ....(size: 3.7Kb)
noodls
22 Oct 2012
Half term Technocamps for School Children. October 22, 2012. Young people can learn more about what drives the latest technologies and develop their skills this half term at a series of computing "bootcamps" run by Technocamps at the University of Glamorgan ... This bootcamp will be held at the University of Newport campus in Caerleon ... Wednesday 31st October - Friday 2nd November 2012, University of Newport, Caerleon ... distributed by ... (noodl....(size: 4.1Kb)
BBC News
22 Oct 2012
- The city of Chester was also historically called Caerleon. For the champion racehorse, see Caerleon II
Coordinates: 51°36′54″N 2°57′32″W / 51.615°N 2.959°W / 51.615; -2.959
| Caerleon | |
| Welsh: Caerllion | |
 A view of Caerleon from Beechwood. |
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 Caerleon
Caerleon shown within Newport |
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| Population | 8,708 (2001 census) |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | ST336909 |
| Principal area | Newport |
| Ceremonial county | Gwent |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWPORT |
| Postcode district | NP18 |
| Dialling code | 01633 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Newport West |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Newport | |
Caerleon ( /kərˈliːən/; Welsh: Caerllion) is a suburban village and community, situated on the River Usk [1] in the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, South Wales. Caerleon is a site of archaeological importance, being the site of a notable Roman legionary fortress, Isca Augusta, and an Iron Age hill fort. The Wales National Roman Legion Museum and Roman Baths Museum are in Caerleon close to the remains of Isca Augusta. Caerleon also has strong literary associations, as Geoffrey of Monmouth makes Caerleon one of the most important cities in Britain in his Historia Regum Britanniæ, and Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Idylls of the King while staying in Caerleon.
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Roman fortress[link]
Main article: Isca Augusta
Caerleon is a site of considerable archaeological importance, being the location of a Roman legionary fortress or Castra (it was the headquarters for Legio II Augusta from about 75 to 300 AD) and an Iron Age hill fort. The name Caerleon is derived from the Welsh for "fortress of the legion"; the Romans themselves called it Isca which itself comes from the Welsh name for the river: "Wysg". Substantial excavated Roman remains can be seen, including the military amphitheatre, thermae (baths) and barracks occupied by the Roman Legion. In August 2011 it was announced that the remains of a Roman harbour had been discovered in Caerleon.[2]
According to Gildas (followed by Bede), Roman Caerleon was the site of two early Christian martyrdoms, those of Julius and Aaron. Recent finds suggest Roman occupation of some kind as late as AD 380.[3] Roman remains have also been discovered at The Mynde, itself a distinctive historical site.[4]
Middle Ages[link]
During the Middle Ages, after the Romans had left Britain, Caerleon or nearby Venta Silurum (now Caerwent) was the administrative centre of the Kingdom of Gwent. The parish church of St Cadoc was founded on the site of the legionary headquarters building probably sometime in the 6th century. A Norman-style motte and bailey castle was built outside the eastern corner of the old Roman fort, probably by the Welsh Lord of Caerleon, Caradog ap Gruffydd. It was held in 1086 by Turstin FitzRolf, standard bearer to William the Conqueror at Hastings. From the apparent banishment of Turstin by William II, it was held from 1088 by Wynebald de Ballon, brother of Hamelin de Ballon who held Abergavenny further up the Usk. Battles raged between the Welsh and Normans and in 1171 Iorwerth ab Owain and his two sons destroyed the town of Caerleon and burned the Castle. Caerleon was an important market and port and presumably became a borough by 1171, although no independent charters exist. Both castle and borough were seized by William Marshal in 1217 and Caerleon castle was rebuilt in stone. The remains of many of the old Roman buildings stood to some height until this time and were probably demolished for their building materials.
The Welsh Revolt[link]
During the Welsh Revolt in 1402 Rhys Gethin, General for Owain Glyndŵr, took Caerleon Castle together with those of Newport, Cardiff, Llandaff, Abergavenny, Caerphilly and Usk by force.[5] This was probably the last time Caerleon castle was ruined, though the walls were still standing in 1537 and the castle ruins only finally collapsed in 1739 - their most obvious remnant is the Round Tower at the Hanbury Arms public house.
English Civil War[link]
Across the Afon Llwyd from Caerleon, in the region of Penrhos Farm, are two English Civil War forts. In 1648 Oliver Cromwell's troops camped overnight on Christchurch Hill, overlooking Newport, before their attack on Newport Castle the next day.
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century[link]
The old wooden Caerleon Bridge was destroyed in a storm in 1779 and the present stone version was erected in the early 19th century. Until the Victorian development of the downstream docks at Newport Docks, Caerleon acted as the major port on the River Usk. The wharf was located on the right bank, to the west of today's river bridge which marked the limit of navigability for masted ships. A tinplate works was established on the outskirts of the town around this time and Caerleon expanded to become almost joined to Newport.
A plaque on the Mynde wall in High Street references the Newport Rising of 1839 in which John Frost of Newport was a prominent figure in the Chartist movement. John Jenkins, owner of Mynde House and owner of Ponthir Tin Plate works, built the wall to keep demonstrators out.
The name of the Drovers' Arms on Goldcroft Common bears witness to the ancient drovers' road on the old road from Malpas. It is thought that the common itself was once the site of a cattle market.[6]
Legend of King Arthur[link]
Geoffrey of Monmouth makes Caerleon one of the most important cities in Britain in his Historia Regum Britanniæ. He gives it a long, glorious history from its foundation by King Belinus to becoming the location of a metropolitan see, an Archbishopric, superior to Canterbury and York, under Saint Dubricius. He was followed by St David who moved the archbishopric to St David's Cathedral. This culminates in Geoffrey's making the town a court of King Arthur.
There was no Camelot mentioned in the early Arthurian account of Geoffrey of Monmouth and his translators Wace and Layamon: "Camelot" originates with the French writer of courtly romance Chrétien de Troyes. These earlier authors say that Arthur's capital was Caerleon (which Chretien also mentions), while even the later recaster of Arthurian material in English, Sir Thomas Malory, has Arthur re-crowned at "Carlion". The still-visible Roman amphitheatre at Caerleon has been associated with Arthur's 'Round-Table' element of the tales.[7] and has been suggested as a possible source for the legend.[8] Geoffrey of Monmouth writes of Caerleon in the mid 12th century:
- "For it was located in a delightful spot in Glamorgan, on the River Usk, not far from the Severn Sea. Abounding in wealth more than other cities, it was suited for such a ceremony. For the noble river I have named flows along it on one side, upon which the kings and princes who would be coming from overseas could be carried by ship. But on the other side, protected by meadow and woods, it was remarkable for royal palaces, so that it imitated Rome in the golden roofs of its buildings... Famous for so many pleasant features, Caerleon was made ready for the announced feast." (Historia Regum Britanniae "History of the Kings of Britain")
This is only a short part of a description that emphasises the power and wealth of Arthur's court. The huge scale of the ruins along with Caerleon's importance as a urban centre in early mediæval Kingdom of Gwent would have inspired stories which Geoffrey expanded.
Caerleon also has later Arthurian literary associations, as the birthplace of the writer Arthur Machen who often used it as a location in his work. The Hanbury Arms was visited by the poet Tennyson who lodged at the inn while he wrote his Morte d'Arthur (later incorporated into his Idylls of the King).[9] Today Caerleon has a modern statue of a knight, "The Hanbury Knight", in reflecting inox by Belgian sculptor Thierry Lauwers.[10]
In Michael Morpurgo's novel Arthur, High King of Britain, Caerleon is the castle where Arthur unknowingly commits incest with his half-sister Margause, resulting in the conception of his son Mordred who will later bring about his downfall.
Modern day Caerleon[link]
Overview[link]
Caerleon is centred around a small common. Goldcroft Common is the only remaining of the seven commons of Caerleon. Most of the small businesses of Caerleon are near the common as is the Tourist Information Office and Town Hall which has a World War I and World War II memorial garden. The intersection of High Street and Cross Street is known as The Square.
Buildings of note are Saint Cadoc's Church, the National Roman Legion Museum, the Roman Baths Museum, The Mynde, The Priory Hotel, Caerleon Catholic Church and Rectory, Caerleon Endowed School, the Round Tower, the Toll House at Caerleon Bridge, The Malt House hotel, University of Wales, Newport Caerleon Campus and St Cadoc's Hospital. The historic remains of the Roman Legionary Fortress Isca Augusta is popular with tourists and school parties and there is a marked heritage trail in the village. The Millennium Wildlife Garden is a small nature garden on the banks of the River Usk. The hilltop vantage point at Christchurch provides panoramic views of the Vale of Usk and Bristol Channel.
The municipal playing fields are at Caerleon Broadway and a good quality children's playground is in Cold Bath Road. Private sport and leisure facilities are available at the Celtic Manor and the University of Wales, Newport Caerleon Campus. Caerleon library is located in the grounds of Caerleon Comprehensive School and is associated with Newport Central Library. Caerleon has a few restaurants, cafés and take-away food outlets and many public houses that have restaurant facilities. The Ffwrrwm is a small specialist shopping courtyard with an eclectic display of sculpture. Caerleon also has its own station of Gwent Police and an active community policing presence.
Governance[link]
Caerleon is an electoral ward of Newport City Council. Caerleon is within the UK Parliamentary consituency of Newport West, the National Assembly for Wales constituency of Newport West and the Wales European Parliament Constituency.
Geography[link]
The centre of Caerleon sits in the Vale of Usk and the River Usk forms part of the community's southern boundary. In the north-west part of the village, across the railway bridges, the land rises sharply up to Lodge Wood and its hill fort. The community's western boundary is formed by the A4042 road (Heidenheim Drive) and the northern boundary partly by the Malthouse Road and partly by the Afon Llwyd river which flows southwards to the River Usk along the village's eastern side. Across the River Usk from Caerleon, to the south-east and east, St Julian's Park, the village of Christchurch and the upland region around Christchurch Hill as far as the M4 motorway and the A449 road are also within the community.
Transport[link]
Caerleon is 3½ miles from Newport city centre and 5½ miles from Cwmbran. Caerleon is 2 miles north of the M4 motorway.
Caerleon is accessed via Junction 25 (Caerleon Road) for westbound M4 traffic. There is no M4 Junction 25 exit for eastbound M4 traffic so for eastbound traffic Caerleon is accessed via M4 Junction 26, then A4051 (Malpas Road) and A4042 (Heidenheim Drive) to the Junction 25A offslip.
An alternative route to Caerleon is M4 Junction 24 (Coldra), B4237 (Chepstow Road), then B4236 (Royal Oak Hill/Belmont Hill) over Christchurch.
Conversely, traffic joining the M4 from Caerleon can join the M4 eastbound at Junction 25 but to join the M4 westbound traffic must follow the Junction 25A offslip, Heidenheim Drive, Malpas Road route to M4 Junction 26. Alternatively, traffic can join the M4 both eastbound and westbound at Junction 24.
The B4596 (Caerleon Road) links Newport city centre to Caerleon via M4 Junction 25, crossing Caerleon Bridge into Caerleon High Street. The B4236 (Ponthir Road) links Caerleon to Cwmbran. The Usk Road links Caerleon to Usk.
The centre of Caerleon (High Street, Mill Street and Castle Street) is a one-way traffic system and there are car parks at Broadway and Cold Bath Road. A regular bus service links Newport city centre to Caerleon and there is a limited City Sightseeing open-top bus service in summer months. A cycle and pedestrian walkway alongside the River Usk links Caerleon to Malpas and Newport city centre at Crindau.[11] Trains do not stop at Caerleon railway station, the nearest passenger stations are Newport railway station, Cwmbran railway station and Rogerstone railway station. The nearest airport is Cardiff Airport (30 miles/48 km).
Education[link]
A large campus of the University of Wales, Newport is located in Caerleon including student accommodation blocks. The secondary school is Caerleon Comprehensive. The primary schools are Caerleon Endowed Infants and Juniors and Caerleon Lodge Hill Infants and Juniors.
Education is generally conducted in the English language in schools but at least a mandatory Welsh language content must be provided under the Welsh education curriculum. There are no Welsh-medium education schools in Caerleon but there are two primary schools elsewhere in Newport; Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd in Hartridge and Ysgol Gymraeg Ifor Hael in Bettws. The nearest Welsh-medium secondary school is Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw in Trevethin, Pontypool.
Housing[link]
Historically housing was largely located on the west bank of the River Usk between Caerleon Bridge and the College along with a small number of houses on the east bank. A number of substantial housing developments have been created to the West of Caerleon: Lodge Hill, Home Farm, Roman Reach, Trinity View, Brooklea and The Brades as well as smaller cluster developments near the centre of the village. Substantial housing developments in nearby Ponthir and Cwmbran has also increased traffic congestion in Caerleon.
Sport[link]
The Caerleon ward is home to the Celtic Manor Resort, location of the 2010 Ryder Cup.[12] Caerleon also has a good quality 9-hole municipal golf course, driving range and golf clubhouse. However, during winter months the golf course is prone to flooding due to its location alongside the River Usk.
The association football club Caerleon A.F.C. is based in Caerleon along with two rugby union clubs; Newport High School Old Boys RFC and Caerleon RFC whose grounds are less than a mile apart.
Caerleon Bowls Club has a good quality outdoor green. Caerleon has one chapter of the Academy of Historical Fencing, a western martial arts group who study and practise fencing with the weapons and styles of medieval and renaissance Europe. The club trains on the University Campus and also has two Chapters in Bristol.
Culture and community[link]
Caerleon has hosted an arts festival in July each year since 2002, which includes tree sculptors from around the world.[13] Many of the sizeable sculptures are retained around Caerleon as a Sculpture park and local landmarks. The arts festival coincides with the Roman military re-enactment in the amphitheatre which demonstrates Roman military armour, infantry tactics, cavalry tactics, equipment and siege engines such as ballistae.
Live music events and Visual arts are staged at venues including the open-air Roman Amphitheatre, which hosts plays in the summer.
An informative and wide ranging history of Caerleon was published in 1970 by local amateur historian Primrose Hockey MBE,[14] who was a founder member of Caerleon Local History Society. An archive of her local history collection is kept by the Gwent Record Office.[15]
St Cadoc's Hospital in Caerleon has been featured as a location of episodes in the BBC television programmes Doctor Who and Being Human.
Notable people[link]
Inclusion criteria: notable people who were born, resided or were schooled in Caerleon.
- See also Category:People from Caerleon
- The Darling Buds (Indie band)[16]
- Roger Freestone, Wales international footballer
- Len Hill, footballer and cricketer
- Gary Hocking, motorcycle racer
- Arthur Machen, author
- James May, television presenter
- Lyndon Mustoe, Wales international rugby union player
- Carl Sargent, author
- James Sommerin, chef
- Nigel Vaughan, Wales international footballer
- Nick Walne, Wales international rugby union player
- Violet Lawrence, aged 102 (in June 2010 became Britain's oldest surviving police widow).[17]
See also[link]
- Afon Llwyd
- Caerleon II, racehorse
- Caerleon Urban District
- HMS Caerleon, ship
- Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
- Usk Valley Walk
References[link]
- ^ Geograph photo of River Usk at Caerleon
- ^ Caerleon Roman harbour
- ^ Archaeology at Caerleon 2008
- ^ The Mynde, Caerleon
- ^ "Owain Glyndwr, The Bell at Caerleon". The Bull Inn, Caerleon, June 2007. http://www.thebellatcaerleon.co.uk/info/glyndwr.htm. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
- ^ Caerleon Net - Caerleon Market Hall, by Eija Kennerley
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- Barber, Chris (1996) Arthurian Caerleon: in literature and legend. Blorenge Books ISBN 1-872730-10-8
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| Lilygreen & Maguire | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Newport / Blackwood |
| Genres | Pop Rock |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros. Records |
| Associated acts | Westlife, Olly Murs |
| Website | lilygreenandmaguire.com |
| Members | |
| Jon Lilygreen, Jon Maguire | |
Lilygreeen & Maguire are Welsh pop rock duo formed in 2011. Jon Lilygreen and Jon Maguire signed with Warner Bros. Records[1] in 2011 and have since released two singles Ain't Love Crazy and Come On Get Higher.[2]
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History[link]
Before forming Lilygreen & Maguire both members were heavily involved in music. Jon Lilygreen was Cyprus' 2010 entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo[3] and Jon Maguire was a producing music and a former member of Pop Punk band The Story So Far. [4][5] Also, they were both in the band Editions.
The pair met while Lilygreen was performing covers at an open mic night at the Kama Lounge in Newport. [6] [7]
Touring[link]
So far in 2012 Lilygreen & Maguire have supported Olly Murs and Westlife on their UK arena tours.[8] The duo also did an open-air busking tour of Wales, stopping at Bangor, Wrexham, Aberystwyth, Carmarthen, Swansea, Barry, Caerleon, Caerphilly, Cardiff and Newport. [9]
During the 2012 festival season the boys played at Wakestock,[10] Ponty's Big Weekend[11] and Access All Eirias[12]
Songwriting[link]
The boys have been working on their album for over a year now, and have been working alongside writers such as Gregg Alexander, Ricky Ross and Karen Poole among others. [13] [14]
Discography[link]
Singles[link]
| Single | Peak Chart Position (UK) | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Come On Get Higher | 6 February 2012[15] | |
| Ain't Love Crazy | 66 [16] | 10 May 2012 [17] |
EPs & Albums[link]
| Album | Peak Chart Position | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ain't Love Crazy EP | - | 10 May 2012 [18] |
References[link]
- ^ "Lilygreen & Maguire : Artists". Warner Bros. Records UK. http://www.warnerbrosrecords.co.uk/artists/lilygreenandmaguire.htm.
- ^ Wales Online. http://asoundreaction.walesonline.co.uk/2012/04/16/warner-music-group-signings-lilygreen-and-maguire-take-to-the-road-for-big-welsh-busk/.
- ^ BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8506123.stm.
- ^ Barry and District News. http://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/9672683.Lilygreen_and_Maguire__Singer_songwriter_pays_a_nostalgic_visit_to_Barry_Island/.
- ^ "The Story So Far on Myspace". http://www.myspace.com/tssf.
- ^ The Daily Star. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/238222.
- ^ Wales Online. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/music-in-wales/2012/04/17/acoustic-duo-lilygreen-and-maguire-come-home-for-big-busk-91466-30773704/.
- ^ South Wales Argus. http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/9753731.Newport_duo_to_sing_at_Tredegar_House/.
- ^ South Wales Argus. http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/9662521.Home_gig_for_busking_tour_musicians/.
- ^ "Wakestock 2012". http://www.ukfestivalguides.com/festival/wakestock/2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Final Arrangements For Ponty's Big Weekend". http://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/en/news/archive/2012/july/final-arrangements-for-pontys-big-weekend.aspx. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Eight pairs of tickets to Access All Eirias must be won". http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2012/06/30/eight-pairs-of-tickets-to-access-all-eirias-must-be-won-55578-31290407/. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Crave On Music. http://www.craveonmusic.com/index.php/features/lilygreen-and-maguire/.
- ^ "Lilygreen & Maguire - Press Pack". http://www.warnerbrosrecords.co.uk/press-kits/lilygreenandmaguire.htm?view=biog.
- ^ "Record Of The Day". Record of the Day. http://www.recordoftheday.com/record-of-the-day/track.php?trackID=6176.
- ^ "aCharts". http://acharts.us/song/71451.
- ^ "WARNER MUSIC’S DUO LILYGREEN AND MAGUIRE ANNOUNCE DEBUT WELSH OPEN-AIR TOUR - “THE BIG WELSH BUSK”". AmeriCymru. http://americymru.net/profiles/blogs/warner-music-s-duo-lilygreen-and-maguire-announce-debut-welsh-ope.
- ^ "iTunes - Ain't Love Crazy Single". http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/aint-love-crazy-single/id519749530.
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Coordinates: 51°36′54″N 2°57′32″W / 51.615°N 2.959°W / 51.615; -2.959
Caerleon ( /kərˈliːən/; Welsh: Caerllion) is a suburban village and community, situated on the River Usk in the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, South Wales. Caerleon is a site of archaeological importance, being the site of a notable Roman legionary fortress, Isca Augusta, and an Iron Age hill fort. The Wales National Roman Legion Museum and Roman Baths Museum are in Caerleon close to the remains of Isca Augusta. Caerleon also has strong literary associations, as Geoffrey of Monmouth makes Caerleon one of the most important cities in Britain in his Historia Regum Britanniæ, and Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Idylls of the King while staying in Caerleon.
Caerleon is a site of considerable archaeological importance, being the location of a Roman legionary fortress or Castra (it was the headquarters for Legio II Augusta from about 75 to 300 AD) and an Iron Age hill fort. The name Caerleon is derived from the Welsh for "fortress of the legion"; the Romans themselves called it Isca which itself comes from the Welsh name for the river: "Wysg". Substantial excavated Roman remains can be seen, including the military amphitheatre, thermae (baths) and barracks occupied by the Roman Legion. In August 2011 it was announced that the remains of a Roman harbour had been discovered in Caerleon.
