NEWPORT
"NEWPORT, a parish, seaport, and market town, municipal and parliamentary
borough, in the West Medina liberty, in the Isle of Wight division, of county
Hants, 5 miles S. of Cowes, 7 S.W. of Ryde, and 82 S.W. from London. It is
situated on a gentle elevation, and is bounded on the E. by the chief
branch of the river Medina, and on the W. by a small stream which joins the
latter at the quay, when it becomes navigable to the Solent sea-channel at
Cowes. Newport is a flourishing and rising town, and is a polling-place and
the capital of the island. Its prosperity was greatly accelerated by the
decay of the adjoining and more ancient town of- Carisbrooke, which was
formerly a market town, but was not so well situated for commerce as
Newport."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson (c)2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003, 04:02 BST - Brian Pears]
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