Newport ( kw, Porthnowyth) is a suburb of the town of
Launceston in
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, England, United Kingdom. Originally a separate settlement, Newport is immediately north of the town from which it is separated by the
River Kensey.
Until the early nineteenth century, the
Newport constituency elected two Members to the
Unreformed House of Commons
"Unreformed House of Commons" is a name given to the House of Commons of Great Britain and (after 1800 the House of Commons of the United Kingdom) before it was reformed by the Reform Act 1832, the Irish Reform Act 1832, and the Scottish Reform ...
. However, the constituency was abolished as a
rotten borough
A rotten or pocket borough, also known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom before the Reform Act 1832, which had a very small electorate ...
by the
Reform Act 1832. A
tucking mill
Tucking Mill is a small hamlet within the parish of Monkton Combe, Somerset, England. It lies on Midford Brook and was a key point on the now disused Somerset Coal Canal.
It is at the southern end of the Two Tunnels Greenway which follows the ...
was established in the 15th century by the Flemings at Newport. This was water-powered and continued in use for corn until 1968.
[Todd, A. C. & Laws, Peter (1972) ''The Industrial Archaeology of Cornwall''. Newton Abbot: David & Charles; p. 231]
References
Populated places in Cornwall
Launceston, Cornwall
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