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NEWPORT, Gloucestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"NEWPORT, a hamlet in the parish and hundred of Berkeley, county Gloucester, 16 miles from Gloucester. In the days of stage coaches it was the half-way house between Gloucester and Bristol, and contained several good inns. It is now an inconsiderable place. There is a place of worship for Independents."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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