17 Jun
Damp proofing
Newport - NP19
Enquiry from: Nigel W
Start Date: Immediate
Damp in hallway and corner of living room
Newport
Newport is a city and also unitary authority location in south east Wales, on the River Usk near to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the 3rd biggest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city develops part of the Cardiff-Newport city, with a population of 1,097. Newport has been a port since middle ages times, when the initial Newport Castle was built by the Normans. The town grew out of the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, quickly upstream, and also gained its very first charter in 1314. It expanded dramatically in the 19th century, when its port came to be the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Till the increase of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' biggest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Rising of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which led to the re-branding of the Duffryn High School into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the anchors declined in importance, however Newport stayed an essential production as well as design centre. It was given city standing in 2002. Newport organized the Ryder Cup in 2010 as well as was the location for the 2014 NATO summit.
