Place:


Newport  Somerset

 
Ordnance Survey First Series map -- click to enlarge

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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newport like this:

NEWPORT, a quondam borough, now a small hamlet, in Wrantage tything, North Curry parish, Somerset; near the Chard canal, 5½ miles E S E of Taunton.

Newport through time

Newport is now part of Taunton Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Taunton Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newport itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newport, in Taunton Deane and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21031

Date accessed: 09th May 2024

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