Aerial and General Views of Newport

In this album are views of the town.
Some are taken from the church tower, some from the air but mostly we have views of the streets of Newport. If you wish to find an image of a specific road or building, these will be on our full database. Please go to the 'Advanced Search' option (top of every page), click on Local History, tick Newport History Society and type in your search word(s).
Alternatively, some of the most interesting buildings of the town are in the following albums: Building-Exteriors and Inns & Pubs.

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	81-89 High Street, Newport 81-89 High Street, Newport. View taken from the northerly churchyard end looking up to New Street. The most interesting feature of this photo is that it shows 81-83 High Street was a plain plastered building with a jetty and no turret; totally different to the building we see today.The building was 're-erected by Edwin Whittingham in what he considered to be 17th century style. Image pre 1902
	View of Lower Bar, Newport View looking towards Chetwynd End. The houses to the right were demolished to make way for what is now the Swan Inn car park. To the left - these houses are shops,and were all demolished. The petrol station is on the site. The canal bridge is close to where the lamp post, in the centre, is. Water Lane can be seen going off to the right. Image 1890s-1910s.
	Station Road Newport Looking south, showing houses 30-38 Station Road and the end of 'White Row' to the right. Image c 1906
	St Marys Street Newport Looking north. Vine Vaults to the left shows 2 of the original pillars of the Butter Market taken down in 1860. The Rose and Crown beer house was closed down in 1914 because there were 3 other public houses within a hundred yards. 1912
	Audley Engineering Newport Aerial view with Newport gas works in the centre. This picture was taken by Aeropictorial which ceased business in 1960. Their archives are now with English Heritage. 1950 - 60
	Newport High Street View of High Street looking northwards to Central Square. 1950 - 60
	Forton Road Service Station Newport Aerial view of new building. Business run by Mr W T Bruton from 1959 to 1976. House on the right occupied by Mr Scales (vet) of Scott and Scales. House on the left owned by Terry Booth, hairdresser. 1959 - 60
	Middle Row Newport 1920 - 1930
	Newport High Street Copy of watercolour portrayed by Bryan Ziegler (1798 - 1874) 1840
	Market Square Newport View of the square looking towards the Vine Vaults and St Mary Street. (from postcard book Malcolm Miles) 1930
	Newport High Street View from St Nicholas church towards Lower Bar. 2nd from right, an old curriers shop, burnt down in 1903, now site of Youth Cafe. 4th from right "Plume of Feathers" now closed. Postal sorting office now where next 3 houses shown. 1898
	Newport Aerial view of St Nicholas' church, St. Mary Street, the west side of the High Street and Middle Row. 1968
	View of High Street, Newport Looking southwards. Image 1890s-1910s.
	View of High Street, Newport High Street west, showing cars parked outside a small High Street garage. Middle Row to the right with Elkes confectioners. Image 1930s.
	View of Chetwynd End, Newport Looking southwards showing The Kings Head Inn. Image 1982.
	High Street celebration of coming of age, Newport Celebration of coming of age of Sir Thomas Boughey of Aqualate in 1857. The picture is of great interest in a number of ways. It shows the old market hall, built by William Adams and demolished in 1860. To the left can be seen the Kings Arms Inn (now a kebab shop) and further along T Gosnell's china shop. This had once been The Crown Inn and is currently an estate agents in 2008. On the right can be seen various buildings - all now demolished; one of which is the Raven & Bell Inn. Also visible are the different types of transport shown - coaches, wagons and horses. Of interest is that fact that that local people were very deferential to the neighbouring local wealthy families. They would create celebrations and decorations of the town to honour them. Local estates were large employers and their well off families patronised Newport businesses. Image of painting 1857
	Clearance of Serck Audco site, Newport Clearance of the final buildings of St Marys Works/Audley Engineering/Serck Audco on Audley Road and Audley Avenue roads. Image 2008.
	St Mary Street Then and Now, Newport 1920 and 2008. Photographed from the same spot. Looking southwards.
	St Mary Street Then and Now, Newport 1950 and 2008. Photographed from the same spot. Looking northwards.
	St Mary Street: Then and Now, Newport 1907 and 2008. Photographed from the same spot - the north end of St Mary Street
	View of Lower Bar, Newport West side showing Jones & Aston's hardware shop (1, Lower Bar), later Hogben's Garage. The 'Canister' further down was owned firstly by a Mr Vernon before Midgley's. This now Salter's Court. The timber framed cottages lower down have been demolished and are now where the petrol station is. Note the road repairers at work on the granite sets. Image possibly 1880s - our early street images show gas lamps with flares rather than mantles.
	View of St Mary Street, Newport View northwards from Dewhhursts butchers (previously Rose & Crown), showing Addison Gift Shop, Fabric Centre and Bulls Head. 1980
	St Mary Street, Newport View of St Mary Street and one building on the High Street. From the left : the Council Offices, then the Royal Victoria. A horse taxi is waiting to take hotel visitors to the station. 1880 - 1910
	East side of High Street, Newport East side of the High Street looking towards the Market Hall and Raven & Bell inn. This inn is now demolished and was where the new part of Boots is now sited. circa 1910-1920
	View of Lower Bar, Newport View of west side of Lower Bar showing Brookes butchers shop to the left (later Jack Edwards), Hughes garage and the white building was Millward's bakery. Hannah Lodmore - licensee of "The Swan". 1900 - 1920
	Lower Bar Newport View of Lower Bar northwards to Chetwynd End showing on left the 'Dusty' Millward's bakery and Miss Owen's sweet shop.Postcard (Perfection series) From the collection of Don Langford. 1900 - 1906
	View of High Street, Newport View of High Street and Lower Bar towards St Nicholas church. 1920 - 1940
	View of Newport High Street View of Newport High Street, from Upper Bar towards market square, showing water hydrant outside Guildhall. Several were installed in the town as a water supply.
	View of Newport High Street View of High Street, west side, northwards towards Lower Bar, opposite St Nicholas' church. 1900
	View of High Street Newport View of Newport High Street, east and west, looking northwards towards the "Vine Vaults"/ "Vine Hotel" and showing "Raven & Bell" inn immediate right. The Raven part of the sign was taken from the Corbet family. The inn had a wide coach access on the south side. Demolished in 1970s. 1880 - 1900
	View of Avenue Road, Newport View of Avenue Road, Newport with Methodist church on the right 1910
	View of St Mary Street, Newport View of St Mary Street with the Royal Victoria Hotel on the left. The Royal Victoria was originally called The Union and was re-named by Princess Victoria after a visit to the hotel in 1832. 1890-1900
	View of Chetwynd End, Newport View of Chetwynd End, Newport c. 1880-1920
	Newport Views of Newport 1950 - 60
	General view of Newport life from the High Street, Newport St Nicholas church, St Mary Street and High Street west. Showing also coach and horses, boys playing with hoops, grammar school boys outside grammar school gates and the sign of Benjamin Parton, licensee of the Old Crow Inn. Mid 19th century
	Wellington Road, Newport View of Wellington Road from the Upper Bar / High Street corner. From the collection of Don Langford 1900-1907
	View of High Street from Upper Bar, Newport Showing Newricks/Cartwright's newspaper shop to the right.Postcard. From the collection of Don Langford 1919
	Wellington Road, Newport View of the houses on the north side which were built on land belonging to Charles Dixon, the Lord of the Manor of Newport in the nineteenth century. Originally the land belonged to Harriet Barber. Charles Dixon built a new manor house, called Selwood, which is located on the east side of the Freemason's Hall. 1900 - 1930
	St Nicholas church, Newport View of St Mary Street and St Nicholas church looking southwards. View High Street looking towards St Mary Street. Showing from left: annexe used by the Grammar school when Tom Collins was a headmaster- demolished to make way for the Post Office. Next to this 'The Plume of Feathers' with Edwards family as licensee, next the Urban District Council Offices (Postcard -Benion, Horne, Smallman) From the collection of Don Langford 1907
	View of High Street west, Newport Showing from left, 19 - 31 c.1900-20
	View of High Street east, Newport Dickie Beard standing outside his shop talking to Mr. Matthews. The white horse is pulling a coal cart. 1930 - 40
	St Mary Street Newport 1970 - 80
	Serck Audco, Newport Aerial view of works in Audley Avenue. Also showing town's gasometer (left). 1950 - 1970
	High Street Newport View of High Street from Literary Institute looking northward. Local personality Sal Sandford sitting on the bench outside her house. She was a town councillor and owned the flower shop in Upper Bar which bears her name today. 1970 - 1980
	High Street, Newport Looking towards the Market Square, showing from the left, Davies, White & Perry estate agents/auctioneers, Masons butchers and Herbert Tuckers, ironmongers. Raven & Bell to the right. 1940 - 60
	High Street Newport View of Newport High Street facing northwards towards the Market Square by Henry Howle showing to the right, 22 - 24 (F Mullard). To the left the Penny Savings or Trust Savings Bank. Pre 1891
	Tan House Newport Tan House and lower part of Vineyard Road from the church tower. Also known as "Mount Pleasant" in the past. Note the buildings to the rear on the left: some of these are the remains of the 18th century workhouse. 1986
	Newport from the air Showing Victoria Park and Water Lane with burgage plots running up to St Mary Street. Many of the houses on Water lane are now demolished. 1950 - 60
	Newport High Street View northwards towards 'Vine Vaults' and the market square. Showing the lime trees that were planted all the way down to the south end of the town. Some still exist in Upper Bar and Station Road. 1900-1920
	Upper Bar, Newport View of Upper Bar showing 1 - 7 to the left and houses to the right -some now demolished (from 18-44 Upper Bar). Notice that the lime trees are still in existence today Postcard from the Perfection series. From the collection of Don Langford. Image c. 1900 - 1908
	View of High Street, Newport View towards St Nicholas church. This picture shows the last three houses between the church and the High Street. The last of these were demolished in 1903/4 to make way for the south porch and gates. Middle Row was originally called Rotton Row (in medieval French 'route de roi'), but by the middle of the 19th century civic pride caused the name to be changed to Middle Row. 1903
	Avenue Road, Newport View of Avenue Road showing Mr JS 'Daddy' Lawton, headmaster, outside the Newport C. of E. National School (Now Newport Junior School). Mr Lawton was the headmaster from 1904-1926. Image c.1900-1920
	Site clearance, Audley Avenue/Road, Newport Site clearance of Serck Audco site in preparation for supermarket (first Safeway, then Waitrose) and Underhill Close. 1990s
	Lower Bar, Newport View of Lower Bar looking southwards towards St Nicholas church and the High Street. To the right Hogbens Garage and opposite they had a car show room From the collection of Don Langford 1950 -60
	Market Square, Newport View of Market Square and Market/Town Hall and Boughey Memorial lamp at centre. (Cartwright) From the collection of Don Langford 1910 - 20
	Views of Newport Views of Newport (Princess - RM & S) From the collection of Don Langford 1930 - 1950
	Lower Bar Newport View of Lower Bar. The two houses on the right were Adams Grammar School houses - used for lessons - and now demolished to make way for the new post office opened 1953. From the collection of Don Langford 1890 - 1910
	Station Road Newport Station Road towards Upper Bar (Valentine). Note the message is on the front - indicates an early card From the collection of Don Langford 1903
	Granville Avenue Newport Granville Avenue (called at the time Granville Road or Granville Street) . The eight houses of Granville Terrace are shown. They were built in 1903 by George Muirhead Builders for John Carrier Brown, the licensee of the Pheasant Inn. From the collection of Don Langford Image 1903-1910
	View of High Street Newport View of the High Street. Postcard. From the collection of Don Langford 1900 - 1910
	View of High Street from Lower Bar Newport Looking soutwards to St Mary Street and High Street, showing from the left a building now demolished (where the delivery office is now), then the 'Plume of Feathers' inn, and next to it the town council building (now demolished). Postcard. From the collection of Don Langford c. 1900 - 1910
	Station Road, Newport View of Station Road northwards showing Arlington House (14) to the right. From the collection of Don Langford 1905
	High Street and Upper Bar, Newport View of High Street and Upper Bar showing Shakespeare Inn. From the collection of Don Langford. 1910-1920
	Aerial view of Station Road, Newport South part of Newport, showing in the centre the area outside Springfield Stores. The terrace of houses behind Springfield stores was Springfield Terrace. The field in the background, with the pond, was locally known as 'the Army'. Following the road parallel to the pond leads to the level crossing, and the building just over it was a water pumping station, which is still there today .Springfields Malthouse far right and at the back of it, the empty site of the old Newport Brewery. The large white house and gardens to the left of the picture is "Pen-y-bryn" now demolished. Princess Drive and Queens Drive are on this plot. The poultry houses to back of Pen-y-Bryn, bottom left, were used by Harper Adams Agriculture College. 1940
	North West view of Newport Newport shown in 'pastoral' style for Silvester's Housekeeper's Pocket Book showing windmill to right(erected 1796). Adams Grammar School in the centre with it's twin cupolas and St Nicholas church further to the left. c. 1811
	High Street, Newport View of High Street taken from upper floor of one of the properties on the east side. Showing Vine Hotel which was demolished in 1966. 1960
	High Street, Newport General view of the High Street northwards showing Raven & Bell (later demolished and acquired by Boots) to the right. At the centre in the back is the Vine Vaults which was demolished in the 1960s. To the right Brittain's the grocers can be seen, with sunblinds to the shop windows. 1890 - 1910
	Middle Row, Newport View from St Nicholas' of High Street. Middle Row to the left and the 13th century Puleston (aka 'Butter') Cross in the centre. Originally, Middle Row was called 'Rotton Row' (from medieval French 'route de roi'), but by the middle of the 19th century civic pride caused the name to be changed to Middle Row. 1960s
	Upper Bar and The Shakespeare Inn, Newport Upper Bar showing the Shakespeare Inn and the horse taxi which took passengers between the Railway Station and the Royal Victoria Hotel where ithe taxi was housed. The Shakespeare Inn was built on the site of a house named 'Hoarwithy' which burnt down as a result of a fire at a tan yard at the back of the property. This building was erected for Edwin Humphries as a purpose-built inn. Notice the stabling to the right where the entrance to the car park is now. 1890-1910
	Ashworth's Timber Yard, Station Road, Newport Timber yard between Station Road and Wellington Road owned by George Muirhead , then Whittinghams from 1913, and later Ashworths; when it was known as North Shropshire Saw Mills. Ashworths took over the site in 1925. Now a housing development which includes Ashworth Way and Wallshead Way. All the roads are approriately named after trees. Image c 1950
	Northerly end of Upper Bar, Newport At the south end of the High Street is the start of Upper Bar. The Pheasant Inn and The Shakespeare Inn both have an Upper Bar address. 1900 - 1920
	View of Upper Bar and High Street, Newport View from Upper Bar towards the High Street, showing the Shakespeare Inn on the right. This was a 'posting house' in the late 19th century, where carrier could have new horses for their long journeys down the London to Chester Road. c. 1950
	Upper Bar, Newport Postcard of Upper Bar (east side) and High Street with policeman on points duty. 1932
	Aerial view of Serck Audco Works, Audley Avenue Industrial Estate, Newport Serck Audco Works: new site at southern end of Audley Avenue industrial estate. Note the abandoned railway line crossing the top of the image. 1970s
	Aerial view of Serck Audco Works, Audley Avenue, Newport Audley Road site of Serck Audco Works. Taken over by B.T.R. in 1981. Closed 1998/9. Note the circular gasometer far left - this was the site of the original Newport Gas Company, latterly the Gas Board. 1970s
	View of High Street, Newport View from St Nicholas' church showing roofscapes of High Street west and New Street corner. The oldest chimneys are those without chimney pots - probably 17th century. 1990s
	View of High Street Newport View of east side of High Street showing the cobbled street. 1906
	View of High Street east, Newport View of east side of High Street showing monument with Boughey memorial lamp, which was erected after the death of TF Boughey in 1906. The pillar now stands on Station Road, without the lamp. c 1907-1917
	Malthouse and Springfield, Newport Aerial view of Malthouse and Springfield area. 1970s
	The Old Hall, Station Road, Newport View from the Springfield Malthouse towards the rear of the Old Hall, Station Road, showing in the distance 24, Station Road and bungalows on Springfields Lane. Latterly belonged to Instant Zip-Up Ltd and now Dr Lisk's surgery - called 'Linden Hall'.In the 19th century this was a 'Commercial School' run by James Picken. 1982
	Tan Bank, Newport View of Tan Bank and Norbroom area from St Nicholas' church tower. The Georgian house is the centre was originally called 'Mount Pleasant'. This may indicate a Roman origin for the name. 1960 - 1980
	View of St Mary Street, Newport View from St Nicholas' church tower showing St Mary Street and the burgage plots running down to Water Lane. 1970s
	View of St Mary Street, Newport View from St Nicholas' church tower showing St Mary Street burgage plots running down at a rightangle to Water Lane. c.1970s
	View of Lower Bar and High Street, Newport View from St Nicholas' church tower northwards toward Lower Bar and Chetwynd End. The High Street numbers continue almost to Salters Lane. They run from the west up as far as Beaumaris and Roddam Houses (125 and 127)and transfer to the east side, 128, (2008 Mischas) coming back down southwards to139 (currently in 2008) Three Fishes House and the Youth cafe) 1970s
	View of Lower Bar, Newport View from St Nicholas' church tower northwards toward Lower Bar and Chetwynd End. 1970s
	View over St Mary Street Newport View from St Nicholas' church tower towards St Mary Street roofs 1990s
	View over New Street Newport View of New Street and High Street westwards from St Nicholas' church tower. On the corner of New Street (79) was the house built by Thomas Thompson Senior (woolstapler/mercer); on the other corner(81)is a building that was rebuilt after Great Fire of Newport. This is the only building in Newport with wooden roof shingles. Next northwards (83) has timber framing in the attic. Number 85, to the right, it has a large pre 1790 chimney stack. . c. 1990s
	View over High Street, Newport View from St Nicholas' church tower towards High Street west. On left is 89 - this has timberframing which can be seen from New Street carpark. In the centre are 91 & 91a, which have 17th century features and an industrial hearth, but also has medieval foundations. The original building was gable end to the street, as are all the private properties laid out in Norman times when the town was created. . 1990s
	Water Lane view, Newport View showing Water Lane Newport businesses towards St. Nicholas' church. 1990
	View of High Street, Newport Postcard of Newport from church tower looking southward down the High Street