Walking through 1750s Newport
What you could see and who you could encounter on a stroll through 1750s Newport from Stow Hill, along the High Street and onto Malpas and Caerleon.
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Volume 2, Number 43
When the Polka dance arrived in Newport, stealing a horse brush, the early closing of shops, the many enterprises of C. Desmond and the 'Cambrian Youth' freak of nature.
Volume 2, Number 42
A duel at Rodney House, a coach to Liverpool in under a day, the soldier's coffee house outside the barracks, the burglary at Woodlands and stealing fruit from Belle Vue.
Volume 2, Number 41
The Placards in Front of the Town Hall, the new bridge at Shaftesbury Park, a stabbing near St Julian's Farm, dandelion coffee and reindeer tongues for sale at Comptons and the man thought to have created pulling a rabbit out of a hat visits Newport in 1866.
Volume 2, Number 40
Sir Charles Morgan's bronze statue, a Saturday night brawler, stealing a pair of boots, the state of the fish and vegetable market, charges against a toll collector, a hayrick on fire at St Julians and a marriage unfortunately spoilt.
Volume 2, Number 39
Two boys drown in the Mill-pond, the new cemetery, a dirty steam packet, a diminutive little urchin, shameless language in Friars' Fields, the Newport Sacred Harmonic Society, the Soldiers' Coffee House and the Clown Cricketers visit the Marshes.