12 Apr
Building Surveyors Report
Cwmbran - NP44
Enquiry from: Daryl R
Start Date: Immediate
Any chance of a call for some drawings I need doing ?
Newport
Newport is a city and unitary authority location in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk near its assemblage with the Severn Tidewater, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third largest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city forms part of the Cardiff-Newport city, with a population of 1,097. Newport has actually been a port because middle ages times, when the initial Newport Castle was developed by the Normans. The community grew out of the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, right away upstream, as well as gained its very first charter in 1314. It grew considerably in the 19th century, when its port ended up being the emphasis of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Up until the increase of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Climbing of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which caused the re-branding of the Duffryn High School right into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the anchors decreased in value, yet Newport continued to be a crucial production and also design centre. It was granted city standing in 2002. Newport organized the Ryder Cup in 2010 and was the location for the 2014 NATO summit.
