Newport () is a suburb of the town of
Launceston in
Cornwall
Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
, 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
The "unreformed House of Commons" is a name given to the House of Commons of Great Britain (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 Electoral district, constituency in Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, or the United Kin ...
by the
Reform Act 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45), enacted by the Whig government of Pri ...
. A
tucking mill was established in the 15th century by the Flemings at Newport. This was water-powered and continued in use for corn until 1968. Other notable buildings in Newport included the
Newport Roundhouse which was completed in 1829.
References
Populated places in Cornwall
Launceston, Cornwall
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