30 Nov
Wooden sash windows
Cardiff - CF14
Enquiry from: Sunil P
Start Date: Less than one month
Property: semi detached
Newport
Newport is a city and also unitary authority area in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk close to 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 creates part of the Cardiff-Newport city, with a population of 1,097. Newport has been a port since medieval times, when the initial Newport Castle was developed by the Normans. The community grew out of the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, promptly upstream, and obtained its first charter in 1314. It grew dramatically in the 19th century, when its port came to be the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Up until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' biggest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Increasing 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, however Newport stayed a vital manufacturing and also design centre. It was approved city status in 2002. Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 as well as was the location for the 2014 NATO summit.
