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Just visible inside the Round House is the broken granite stump of the old Newport Cross, which from 1529 to 1831 was the spot at which Newport's two MPs were declared.

Just visible inside the Round House is the broken granite stump of the old Newport Cross, which from 1529 to 1831 was the spot at which Newport's two MPs were declared.

King Henry VIII built two defensive castles on either side of the Medina to protect the entrance to the older harbour at Newport.

Just visible inside the Round House is the broken granite stump of the old Newport Cross, which from 1529 to 1831 was the spot at which Newport's two MPs were declared.

This flight of locks is probably on the Brecon and Monmouthshire canal, which was built between 1797 and 1812 for transporting stone from Brecon to Newport for export, and for moving processed lime from

The canal was built between 1797 and 1812 to link Brecon with Newport and the Severn Estaury.

Newport has a rich history, with Roman occupation at Caerleon, a medieval castle, and the Chartist Rising of 1839, which was put down by troops.

In 1665 Newport suffered a great fire, so there are few really old buildings in the town. One of the older ones is the Shakespeare Inn; Shakespeare's bust still adorns this pub today.

Another general view, this time of the tranquil Usk as it wends its way down towards the Severn estuary south of Newport, Gwent. The Usk rises south-west of Trecastle in Powys.

In this idyllic scene much loved by artists and photographers, the River Usk wends its way through wooded banks away from Abergavenny and flows on to join the Severn beyond Newport.

In this idyllic scene much loved by artists and photographers, the River Usk wends its way through wooded banks away from Abergavenny and flows on to join the Severn beyond Newport.

At least the people of Newport were apparently exempt from the payment of tolls.

This atmospheric photograph of the Medina at Newport gives some idea of the harbour at the height of its prosperity.

Newport was founded by a group of beachmen or salvagers in 1841; nine of the founders were drowned attempting a salvage operation in the following year.

The amount of traffic in this photograph, even for a busy day in the 1950s, shows Newport's importance as a junction and central gathering point for the entire island - with public transport heading

Newport has many connections to famous people. Wellington, Canning and Palmerston represented the town in Parliament.

Pontypool was a focus for the Chartist cause in 1829 when the local leader, William Jones, marched from here to Newport to take part in the assault on the Westgate Hotel.

The Applied Science departments are situated on the original site of the college, shown here, in Newport Road.

Newport is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight, its ancient port still busily in use, five miles inland on the River Medina.

Newport is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight, its ancient port still busily in use, five miles inland on the River Medina.

Pontypool was a focus for the Chartist cause in 1829 when the local leader, William Jones, marched from here to Newport to take part in the assault on the Westgate Hotel.

It is famous for the Newport cherubs that adorn it - and also for the association with Houdini, who jumped into the river from its parapet in 1913.

Newport has always been an important trading town, and at the height of its fortunes carried goods such as timber, malt, wheat and flour.

It was from here that the convicted leaders of the Chartist uprising in Newport were deported to Van Diemen`s Land in