Lliswerry (), or Liswerry, is an electoral district (ward) and

community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

of the city of

Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay * Newport (Vietnam), a United States Army and Army of t ...

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. The area is governed by

Newport City Council Newport City Council () is the governing body for Newport, one of the principal areas of Wales. It consists of 51 councillors, who represent the city's 20 wards. The council is currently, and has historically been, held by the Labour Party. ...

. It is the largest community/ward in the city.

History and origins

Liswerry/Lliswerry is an

anglicised Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

version of the Welsh place name ''Llyswyry'' translating to Maiden's Court. (''Llys'' - Court, ''Gwyryf'' > ''Wyryf'' > ''Wyry'' - Maiden). It is believed that there was a

manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...

in the area belonging to the

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King of

Brycheiniog Brycheiniog was an independent kingdom in South Wales in the Early Middle Ages. It often acted as a buffer state between England to the east and the south Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth to the west. It was conquered and pacified by the Normans ...

. His daughter had connections to the manor/court. It was likely that the house was in the area of Traston Road today. The long-derelict King public house on Somerton Road was sold in May 2013. Originally known as the King of Prussia, the pub was used as a base by Newport County; before their ground,

Somerton Park Somerton Park was a football, greyhound racing and speedway stadium in Newport, South Wales. Football In April 1912, Newport County had been accepted to play in the Southern League for the 1912–13 season. Shortly afterwards, the site ...

, was equipped with changing rooms, teams would change into their playing kit at the pub prior to starting matches, and wash their kit there after games.

Community boundaries

The community is bounded by the

River Usk The River Usk (; ) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (''y Mynydd Du''), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it flows north int ...

to the west, Lilleshall Street and Telford Street to the northeast, the

Great Western main line The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs between London Paddington and . It connects to other main lines such as those from Reading to Penzance and Swindon to Swansea. The GWML is presently a part of t ...

to the north, the original western end of

Llanwern steelworks Llanwern steelworks is located in Llanwern, east of the City of Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales. History Built for Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Richard Thomas & Baldwins Ltd, the works was originally referred to locally as "The RTB", bef ...

and Meadows Road to the east, and Nash Road, Traston Road, Corporation Road and Stephenson Street to the south. Lliswerry Ward is composed of both the Lliswerry and Nash communities.

Schools and colleges

The ward is the site of the City of Newport Campus of

Coleg Gwent Coleg Gwent () is Wales' largest further education college at various locations in the former county of Gwent, South Wales. , it has 24,000 students ranging from secondary school leavers to mature students. A wide range of part-time and full-tim ...

(commonly referred to as 'Nash College') and the

Newport International Sports Village Newport International Sports Village is a multi-sport complex located at Lliswerry in the southeast of the city of Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales. It is known locally as Spytty Park, the name coming from the original Spytty Fields on whi ...

. Lliswerry High School is adjacent to the college campus. Lliswerry also has a

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, further north along Nash Road. On Jenkins Street, there is also St Andrew's Primary School.

Churches

Lliswerry has four churches: St. Andrew's

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church, in the

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of Newport, Maindee and Newport, Lliswerry, is situated in Somerton Road; Lliswerry

Baptist Church Baptists are a denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers ( believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches generally subscribe to the doctrines of ...

in Camperdown Road; Saint Patrick's

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in Cromwell Road, the only parish administered by the

Rosminians The Rosminians, officially named the Institute of Charity (), abbreviated I.C., are a Catholic Church, Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men founded by Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, Antonio Rosmini and first organise ...

in Newport; and St Philip's Church in Wales church in Jenkins Street.

Other amenities

There is a

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at 63, Somerton Road and a medical centre on Fallowfield Drive. Lliswery Pond was formed, near the railway line, when quarrying excavations struck an underground stream which flooded that area. At its deepest point the pond is and it is well-stocked with fish, including large

pike Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Fish * Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' * Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''Esox'', genus of ...

. The pond was refurbished in 2008 and is maintained by many enthusiasts, as well as the local angling association, Alway Community Association and

Sport

The suburb is also home to the

and

Newport Stadium Newport Stadium, also known as Spytty Park, is an association football, Rugby football, rugby and Sport of athletics, athletics stadium in Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales. It is the home of Gwalia United F.C., Gwalia United FC, Newport City ...

which, from 1994 to 2012, was the home ground of the Newport County football team.

Lliswerry A.F.C. Lliswerry Association Football Club is an association football club based in the Lliswerry area of the city of Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales. They currently play in the . They have in the past played in the Welsh Football League, the previ ...

are a football team which currently plays in the

Gwent County League The Gwent Premier League (known as the Autocentre Gwent Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is a football (soccer), football league in South Wales, consisting of 3 divisions, named the Premier Division, Division One and Division Two. The Premi ...

. Lliswerry Runners have club sessions which are organised into six groups and have a junior club which began in 2016.

References

External links

{{City of Newport Communities in Newport, Wales Wards of Newport, Wales