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 of Jemingham, and of Marquis to that of Gower. (For Races, see Index.)

NEWPORT, a market town and parish in the hundred of Bradford, county of Salop, situated near the Roman Watling Street, on the borders of Staffordshire; Pop. 2,745, An. As. Val. £4,396. This town possesses no manufacture of importance. Malting is, however, carried on to a considerable extent; mines of coal and iron and several corn mills are in its neighbourhood, and are the basis of the little business attached to the town. The market is held on Saturday, fairs, 1st Tuesday in February, Saturday before Palm Sunday, May 28, July 27, for horned cattle, horses, and sheep: September 25, for cattle, sheep, and hogs; and December 10, for fat cattle-when the 10th falls on a Sunday, the market is held on Saturday. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is in the early English style of architecture, with some little modern innovation. The living is a curacy in the archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, not in charge; patron, the Lord Chancellor. In the time of, the church was made collegiate for a warden and four lay chaplains, by Thomas Draper, a rich citizen of London. There are chapels for various denominations of dissenters, and one for Roman Catholics. The corporation consists of a high and deputy steward, two bailiffs, and twenty-five burgesses. Here is a richly endowed free school, a school on the national plan, some almshouses, and a market hall.