Bath and Newport, Wales

Pictures taken in Bath and Newport (Wales) during our Summer Holiday 2014
Queen Square 21-27 John Wood is, indisputably, Bath’s most important architect, having designed and built many of the city’s world famous landmarks. Queen Square was his first speculative development. Wood lived in a house on the square. Numbers 21-27 make up the north side. Which was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "one of the finest Palladian compositions in England before 1730". Many of the buildings John Wood designed are littered with symbols associated with Freemasonry, leading many people who have studied his work to believe that he was a member of the organisation, even though there is no documentary proof. Wood wrote extensively about sacred geometry, and argued that the myths of the supposed founder of Bath, King Bladud, were based on truth. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel The Circus John Wood the Elder's final masterpiece was The Circus, built on Barton Fields outside the old city walls of Bath, although he never lived to see his plans put into effect as he died less than three months after the first stone was laid. It was left to his son, John Wood the Younger to complete the scheme to his father's design. It was finished in 1764. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel The Circus John Wood the Elder's final masterpiece was The Circus, built on Barton Fields outside the old city walls of Bath, although he never lived to see his plans put into effect as he died less than three months after the first stone was laid. It was left to his son, John Wood the Younger to complete the scheme to his father's design. It was finished in 1764. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Nissan Figaro The Figaro was introduced at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show under the slogan "Back to the Future". It was built by a Nissan special projects group called Pike Factory. It was based on the K10 Nissan Micra aka March. Only four colours were available: Topaz Mist, Emerald Green, Pale Aqua and Lapis Grey. Each colour symbolised a season of the year. The Figaro was sold without the Nissan name. The Figaro was equipped with leather seats, air conditioning, CD player and an open roof. It was designed by Shoji Takahashi, who won a design competition with the car. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
Colourful Bath Row of houses on the Paragon in Bath. Such a colourful scheme :). : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel The Pig & Fiddle A popular local pub with live music. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel House of Bears When my husband found this beautiful shop on Pulteney Bridge in Bath to sell his Antique Maps, the bears wanted to come too (you know how they don’t like to be left out!!). So we made space for them upstairs in the attic room, not that long ago - in August of 2004 in actual fact. It was not long before the bears outgrew their small attic space on Pulteney Bridge and in November 2007 they moved home to 22a Broad street in Bath. (Description on their web page http://www.houseofbears-bath.co.uk/pages/About_Us.htm : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel House of Bears Teddy bear on display : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
King Edward's School The school was founded in 1552 under laws set out in the Charities Act of 1545, which had been passed by Henry VIII to use funds from the dissolution of the monasteries to replace monastic grammar schools such as that run by Bath Abbey. The Mayor of Bath and one of the members of parliament for Bath, Edward Ludwell, petitioned Edward VI for land previously owned by the priory, to establish the school, initially in Frog Lane, and support ten poor people, which also prevented the crown from selling off the land previously held by the priory. In 1580s the school moved to a disused church building by the north gate of the city. The old Broad Street site, which was built in 1754 by Thomas Jelly and is a Grade II Listed building, remains empty. In 1997 an application to turn the building into a public house was refused. A scheme for use as a hotel has also been withdrawn. The building remains on the Heritage at Risk Register. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel St Michael's Church The church is of medieval original and lay originally ante muros. The present church is of 1835-7, by G. P. Manners. Its immediate predecessor dated from 1742 and had a dome (Collinson). Manner’s church displays a crazy W tower, tall and narrow with a huge group of three stepped lancet windowes, buttresses with the stepped-set offs of Wells, and at the top a tall octagonal open lantern with spire. The tower is flanked by polygonal porches. The sides have the same buttresses and the same group of lancets. – A “hall-church” inside, that is with aisles the same height as the nave. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Postal Museum Once the main post office from 1822 to 1854 and the building in which the first recorded posting of a Penny Black took place on 2 May 1840. The museum had to move out as well due to rent increase. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Pulteney Bridge Pulteney Bridge crosses the River Avon. It was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the newly built Georgian town of Bathwick. Designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style, it is exceptional in having shops built across its full span on both sides. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Pulteney Bridge stood for less than 20 years in the form Adam created. In 1792 alterations were made during which the bridge was widened to 18 metres and the shops enlarged, converting the original sixteen shops into six larger ones. Floods in 1799 and 1800 wrecked the north side of the bridge, which had been constructed with inadequate support. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
Pulteney Bridge Pulteney Bridge crosses the River Avon. It was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the newly built Georgian town of Bathwick. Designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style, it is exceptional in having shops built across its full span on both sides. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Pulteney Bridge stood for less than 20 years in the form Adam created. In 1792 alterations were made during which the bridge was widened to 18 metres and the shops enlarged, converting the original sixteen shops into six larger ones. Floods in 1799 and 1800 wrecked the north side of the bridge, which had been constructed with inadequate support. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Foaming Great Pulteney Street with the Holburne museum at the end of the street. Commissioned by Sir William Pulteney, the street was designed by the architect Thomas Baldwin and completed in 1789. The council wanted to expand the boundaries of the City, and Sir William's estate was conveniently situated just over the other side of the River Avon. The fountain at the center of the quadrangle was not part of the original plan; it was added in the late 19th century. After completion of the main street in 1877 local residents petitioned and successfully raised significant funds to build a grand column (rather like Nelson's Column in London). However as construction of the column started, the residents realised that the addition would tower over the area (it would be 50% taller than the houses), and so they then petitioned for it to be cancelled. After some negotiations, the column was pulled down and the much smaller fountain added instead. It consists of a circular stone basin with four radial projections surmounted by an urn with gadrooned bowl. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel The George Gregory book store George Edward Gregory (1852-1930) of Bath was president of what was then known as the International Association of Antiquarian Booksellers through the difficult years of the Great War between 1915 and 1918. He was born at Bath in 1852, the son of William Gregory. Gregory had widened the family business to include bookselling as well as bookbinding, and by 1888 or earlier he was in occupation of what were to become well-known premises at 5 Argyle Street, on the corner of Grove Street – the family living above the shop. In an 1894 advertisement he styled himself as an “English, Foreign, Colonial and General Book Merchant, Library Buyer and Exporter”, issuing monthly catalogues, and with “upwards of 100,000 volumes always on sale”.e died in 1930. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel The Empire Hotel The Empire Hotel was built in 1901 and has been designated as a Grade II listed building. It was designed by the Bath City Architect Major Charles Edward Davis for the hotelier Alfred Holland and built from Bath Stone, on the site of the Athenaeum. It was described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as a ‘monstrosity and an unbelievable piece of pompous architecture’. The architecture of the roof shows the three classes of people, Castle on the corner for Upper Class, A House for the Middle classes and a cottage for the lower classes. The building now consists of a restaurant and apartments. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
Bath markets The Market is one of the longest running shopping venues in Bath, serving the community for around 800 years and operating from its current venue in one form or another from at least the 16th century. As the Guildhall Market, it came into existence in the 1770’s and acquired its famous dome in 1863. Hicks & Isaac’s 1863 design is still extant today, though many of their stall ‘shops’ have been adapted and over half the market was lost to the 1890s redevelopment. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Guildhall The Guildhall was built between 1775 and 1778 by Thomas Baldwin to designs by Thomas Warr Attwood. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The current Bath stone building replaced a Stuart Guildhall, built in 1625, which itself replaced an earlier Tudor structure. The facade has 4 Ionic columns and the building is surmounted by the figure of Justice. The central dome was added in 1893. It forms a continuous building with the Victoria Art Gallery and the covered market. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Victoria Art Gallery The building was designed in 1897 by John McKean Brydon, and has been designated as a Grade II listed building. The exterior of the building includes a statue of Queen Victoria, by Andrea Carlo Lucchesi, and friezes of classical figures by G. A. Lawson. The Gallery was named to celebrate Queen Victoria's sixty years on the throne. It is run by Bath and North East Somerset council and houses their collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Victoria Art Gallery The building was designed in 1897 by John McKean Brydon, and has been designated as a Grade II listed building. The exterior of the building includes a statue of Queen Victoria, by Andrea Carlo Lucchesi, and friezes of classical figures by G. A. Lawson. The Gallery was named to celebrate Queen Victoria's sixty years on the throne. It is run by Bath and North East Somerset council and houses their collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
Bath Abbey The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Bath Abbey The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Bath Abbey The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The west front includes sculptures of angels climbing to heaven on two stone ladders. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Bath Abbey The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
Bath Abbey The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Souvenirs Bath bears and glasses : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel The Roman Baths The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level. There are four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum holding finds from Roman Bath. The buildings above street level date from the 19th century. The baths have been modified on several occasions, including the 12th century when John of Tours built a curative bath over the King's Spring reservoir and the 16th century when the city corporation built a new bath (Queen's Bath) to the south of the Spring. The spring is now housed in 18th-century buildings, designed by architects John Wood, the Elder and John Wood, the Younger, father and son. Visitors drank the waters in the Grand Pump Room, a neo-classical salon which remains in use, both for taking the waters and for social functions. Victorian expansion of the baths complex followed the neo-classical tradition established by the Woods. In 1810 the Hot Springs failed and William Smith opened up the Hot Bath Spring to the bottom, where he found that the spring had not failed but had flowed into a new channel. Smith restored the water to its original course and the Baths filled in less time than formerly. The visitor entrance is via an 1897 concert hall by J M Brydon. It is an eastward continuation of the Grand Pump Room with a glass-domed centre and single-storey radiused corner. The Grand Pump Room was begun in 1789 by Thomas Baldwin. He resigned in 1791 and John Palmer continued the scheme until its completion in 1799. The elevation on to Abbey Church Yard has a centre piece of four engaged Corinthian columns with entablatures and pediment. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. The north colonnade was also designed by Thomas Baldwin. The south colonnade is similar but had an upper floor added in the late 19th century. The museum and Queen's Bath including the "Bridge" spanning York Street to the City Laundry were by Charles Edward Davis in 1889. It comprises a southward extension to the Grand Pump Room, in which some remains of the C17 Queen's Bath are merged. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel King's and Queen's Baths The King’s Baths were built on the foundations of the Roman Baths as early as in the 12th Century. In the 16th Century, the Queen’s Baths were built on the south side of the building. The Baths were mixed with the exception of the Queen’s Baths, which admitted women only. The interiors of the King’s and Queen’s Baths resemble the baths at the Roman Baths Museum. The King’s and Queen’s Baths were used for bathing until 1939, after which the Baths have been closed, as it is now considered unhealthy to bathe in the waters, for fear of infection. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
King's and Queen's Baths The King’s Baths were built on the foundations of the Roman Baths as early as in the 12th Century. In the 16th Century, the Queen’s Baths were built on the south side of the building. The Baths were mixed with the exception of the Queen’s Baths, which admitted women only. The interiors of the King’s and Queen’s Baths resemble the baths at the Roman Baths Museum. The King’s and Queen’s Baths were used for bathing until 1939, after which the Baths have been closed, as it is now considered unhealthy to bathe in the waters, for fear of infection. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel The Cross Bath The Cross Bath in Bath Street is a historic pool for bathing. It was rebuilt, in the style of Robert Adam by Thomas Baldwin around 1789. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Hospital of St. John the Baptist St John's Hospital in Bath, Somerset, England, was founded around 1174, by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin and is among the oldest almshouses in England. In 1716 the architect William Killigrew was commissioned to rebuild the hospital. Construction continued after 1727 with John Wood, the Elder undertaking the building, as his first work in Bath. The site now includes Chapel Court, and still operates to provide a home for over 100 of the local elderly poor and make grants to individuals and organisations in and around Bath. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Bluecoat House Bluecoat House was a former school. The school was founded in 1711 and operated as a charity offering free education to Anglican boys and girls. The building which was rebuilt in 1860 is now known as Bluecoat House. The school was created in 1711 by Robert Nelson when he established a public subscription to create the funding. Nelson died only three years later and a building was not started until 1722 using a design by William Killigrew. Killigrew's building was demolished in 1859 and a new "Northern renaissance" style building was created. This development by John Elkington Gill and George Phillips Manners was part of a restyling of that party of the city. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Built in 1860, this building is an extension of The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, the main building of which can be seen on the left corner of this picture. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel The Good Samaritan This sculpture can be seen on The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, extension building. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Royal Mineral Water Hospital The hospital was founded in 1738 as The Mineral Water Hospital, and is still known locally as "The Min"; it is also signed locally as the RNHRD. Then, it provided care for the impoverished sick who were attracted to Bath because of the supposed healing properties of the mineral water from the spa. The original building was designed by John Wood the Elder and built with Bath stone donated by Ralph Allen. It was later enlarged, firstly in 1793 by the addition of an attic storey and later in 1860 by a second building erected on the west side of the earlier edifice. It is a Grade II* listed building. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel The Obelisk The majestic obelisk in the middle of Queen Square was erected in 1735 by Beau Nash to honour Frederick, the Prince of Wales. The obelisk has an inscription by Alexander Pope. It used to have a needle point, but was blunted after being struck by lightning in the 1830s. : 2014, Bath, England, Englanti, Somerset, city, historia, history, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
Chartist Sculpture Positioned outside the Westgate Hotel building, in Commercial Street, the sculptures commemorate the Chartist uprising of 1839, when twenty Chartists lost their lives. Created by Christopher Kelly in 1991. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Ye Olde Murenger House The lower part of this building existed in 1533, and could have been built many years earlier. In the 16th century it was one of the homes of the High Sheriff of Monmouthshire. The sheriffs belonged to the influential Herbert family, descendants of the first Earl of Pembroke. The building became a pub, called the Fleur-de-Lys, in the 17th century. As you look at the frontage, notice how each of the three upper floors juts out a little further than the one below. This feature was added during Victorian rebuilding. The present name was bestowed on the pub in the 19th century. The murenger was the official who collected “murage”, a special tax for maintenance of Newport’s defensive town walls and castle. “Mur” is the French (also Welsh) word for “wall”. There have been tales of various ghosts in the building, including an apparition of a woman which appears in one of the upper windows. The ghost of a serving maid has also been reported. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Sir Charles Morgan Sir Charles Morgan 1760-1846 was an MP & wealthy landowner in Newport during the 19th Century. This statue by J.E.Thomas was first placed in the High Street in 1850 but removed 10 years later. In 1992 it was returned to a prominent position in Bridge Street. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Newport Cathedral of St. Woolos, King & Confessor 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 9th 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. Circa 1080 the Normans built a new nave to the east of the Saxon ruins, and a lean-to south aisle, building a new entrance archway through the Saxon wall. Circa 1200 the Saxon church was repaired so the Norman entrance became an internal archway. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
Bear A bear gargoyle on St. Woolos Cathedral : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Newport Cathedral of St. Woolos, King & Confessor 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 9th 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. Circa 1080 the Normans built a new nave to the east of the Saxon ruins, and a lean-to south aisle, building a new entrance archway through the Saxon wall. Circa 1200 the Saxon church was repaired so the Norman entrance became an internal archway. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel 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 13 September 1887 and they were opened by the then Mayor of Newport Henry Faulkner on 1 May 1889. The High Street end was re-aligned and rebuilt in 1934, and comprised an arcade entrance to the market, shops, and a department store, Hills & Steele. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Newport Blooms Murals within the pedestrian subway system near the Newport Castle. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
Noahs Ark Corridor Murals within the pedestrian subway system near the Newport Castle. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel E G Nicholls Murals within the pedestrian subway system near the Newport Castle. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel E Fennell and sons Murals within the pedestrian subway system near the Newport Castle. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel G Sheppard Murals within the pedestrian subway system near the Newport Castle. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company The line was opened between Newport and Pontypool on 30 June 1852. Engineering feats included a tunnel at Malpas, a seven-arch viaduct at Cwmynyscoy, and a 15.8 m iron bridge over the canal at Pontymoile. Once completed, the line was soon doubled to cope with increasing traffic demands. Between 1848 and 1880 the Company carried coal and iron ore from the eastern South Wales Valleys to wharves along the River Usk at Newport. This commemorative mural has been installed within the pedestrian subway system near Newport Castle. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel Newport Castle The Castle was built in the 14th century, probably by Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester or his son-in-law, Ralph, Earl of Stafford, with the purpose of managing the crossing of the River Usk. The castle was used as administrative offices for the collection of rent and dues from local tenants, and was also a residence and a garrison. In 1402 it was sacked by Owain Glyndŵr. It was in disrepair by 1522, and was taken by Oliver Cromwell's forces during the Civil War. Its use declined further in later centuries. It has been a Grade II* Listed building since 1951. : 2014, Monmouthshire, Newport, Wales, city, kaupunki, kesäloma, matka, summer holiday, travel