The 1836 'Hurricane'
On the evening of Monday 28th and into Tuesday 29th November, a violent storm hit Newport, the rest of Monmouthshire and the Bristol Channel causing damage and some deaths.
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Crimes in the 15th Century
Cattle stealing, housebreaking, assault, rape, robbery. A record of the crimes being committed in Newport and surrounding areas in the late 15th century.
Volume 1, Number 18
The Empire's Puzzle Pictures, Robert Baden-Powell visits Newport, Sarah Bernhardt performs at the Lyceum, stealing hair, a noisy milkman and a mother beats her child with a potato masher.
For Sale in 1778: A Mansion House Called the Fryers
A 1778 advert from the Bath Chronicle described a mansion house for sale called the Fryers.
Volume 1, Number 17
The town's wooden paving, being drunk and "obstropulous", six week's hard labour for stealing trousers, stealing a spoon and a shocking discovery in the river Usk near the St Julian's Inn.
For Sale: One Used Slave and Whaling Vessel
The short history of how a ship called the African Queen shipped slaves from Africa and went whaling in the South Seas ended up for auction in Newport in 1802.