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High Street is the main historical street and the original main thoroughfare in the
Newport's High Street leads away southwest from Newport Castle and Newport Bridge through the city centre, bending to head south approximately four-fifths of the way along its route. Landmarks along the street include the Kings Head Hotel building, the facade of the Old Post Office (now disguising a multi-storey carpark), the Olde Murenger's Pub,
A market took place in a block on the east side of the High Street from 1817. It was expanded in 1865 and, in May 1889 an even larger
High Street is the main historical street and the original main thoroughfare in the centre
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of Newport, South Wales. Nowadays it runs approximately 280m between Westgate Square and the Old Green Interchange (facing Newport Castle
Newport Castle ( cy, Castell Casnewydd) is a ruined castle in Newport, Wales. It was built in the 14th century, probably by Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester or his son-in-law, Ralph, Earl of Stafford, with the purpose of managing the c ...
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Description
Newport's High Street leads away southwest from Newport Castle and Newport Bridge through the city centre, bending to head south approximately four-fifths of the way along its route. Landmarks along the street include the Kings Head Hotel building, the facade of the Old Post Office (now disguising a multi-storey carpark), the Olde Murenger's Pub, Newport Market
Newport Market (also known as Newport Provisions Market) is a traditional Victorian indoor market, in Newport, South Wales. It is an early example of a large-span cast iron-frame building featuring a glass-filled barrel roof.
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and Newport Arcade. Since the early 2010s the street has undergone re-paving and other improvements.
History
Newport, in 1810, was described as "consisting principally of one street, built partly on the banks of theUsk
Usk ( cy, Brynbuga) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, northeast of Newport. It is located on the River Usk, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. Usk Castle, above the town, overlooks th ...
" and this description is corroborated by the 1750 map of Newport. High Street led to what is now Stow Hill and eventually to the town church, St Woolos. The town once had town walls with three gates, the middle one was in the centre of the High Street and was finally demolished in 1808. The High Street was widened in 1809 and, in 1810, the development of Commercial Street began, spreading the town west.
A tax collector lived on the High Street to collect money to pay for repairs to the walls though the Murenger's House (a 'murenger' was a tax collector) was demolished in 1816. A pub
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
, Ye Olde Murenger House
Ye Olde Murenger House is a 19th-century pub with a mock Tudor front on High Street, Newport, Wales. It replaced a 17th-century pub, the Fleur de Lys, on the same site. It is named after the medieval job of a murenger, a person who collected t ...
, still exists on High Street, claiming to be Newport's oldest pub operating since 1530 (it was elaborated with faux jetties
A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into water. A jetty may serve as a breakwater, as a walkway, or both; or, in pairs, as a means of constricting a channel. The term derives from the French word ', "thrown", signifying somet ...
at some point during the 20th-century). A Post Office was built on High Street in 1844, rebuilt in 1907 and reconstructed in 2001 (according to the blue plaque on the building).
A market took place in a block on the east side of the High Street from 1817. It was expanded in 1865 and, in May 1889 an even larger indoor market
A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a ''souk'' (from the Arabic), '' ...
was opened, with a 58m central hall. The High Street facade of the building dates from the early 1900s, in Portland stone. Two covered shopping arcades run off High Street, both probably by local architects Habershon & Fawckner and both now Grade II listed
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. Newport Arcade to the west dates from 1893 and Market Arcade, to the east, dates from circa 1900.
The High Street became a one-way system for motorised vehicles in 1949.
21st century
In the 2010s the High Street underwent regeneration and pedestrianisation as part of a wider £2.6 million project to improve the city centre shopping experience.References
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