Volume 2, Number 29
William Snailham, tithe map findings, ap place to get a breakfast at 4am in 1848, an elopement in Caerleon and a man known as "Blue Skin'.
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Volume 2, Number 28
A gambolling porpoise, the Albert Saloon at the Parrot Inn, a pig travels across town, a young fellow of the Cyclops genus and a trip to Flat Holm.
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For the past few months, our monthly evening socials have been a great way to catch up and talk local history. However, we know a late-night pub environment doesn’t suit everyone, and it’s easy to get stuck when you’re trying to look up details on your...
Volume 2, Number 27
Yewberry Cottage for sale, 159 Commercial Street, the double bascule bridge at Dos Forge, what to buy at Cordey's in 1879, stealing a tame rabbit and taking too many kidney beans.
Volume 2, Number 26
A spelling bee at Malpas, a shocking railway accident, a school on Park Square, the death of a gypsy child, the strength of beer in Newport and the great tenor Sim Reeves visits Newport.
Broadsheets and Bustle: Inside an 1850 Newport Newspaper
A single 1850 edition of the Monmouthshire Merlin reveals a fast-paced, shifting Newport. Explore the human stories behind the high-status shops of Commercial Street, the grand vanished estates, the private academies of Stow Hill, and the stark realities of dockside crime.