In 963 AD two towns are described in East Shropshire these have now been identified as Newport, Shropshire, Plesc was described as having a High street, a stone quarry and a religious community, The name Plesc means fortified place or one with palicade, denoting it was of some importance.

The editor of the Newport Advertiser could discover no evidence of extenuating circumstances in the Brown trial which would warrant making an exception to the infliction of capital punishment.

He enjoyed jamming with fellow studio musicians which led to them being asked to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960.

In the 1990s, the company spun off its semiconductor products as Conexant Technologies ( CNXT ), which is publicly traded and based in Newport Beach, California.

In 1886, railroad magnate Collis Potter Huntington founded Newport News Shipbuilding, which was responsible for building six major World War I-era battleships for the U. S. Navy from 1907 – 1923.

Several major routes run through the town including the A456 which runs from Birmingham to Woofferton, Shropshire, a few miles south of Woofferton, the A451 which runs from Stourbridge to Abberley, the A442 which runs from Droitwich to Hodent, Shropshire, a few miles north of Telford, the A449 road which runs from Newport in south Wales to Stafford and crosses the A456 at the Land Oak, and the A448 road which starts in the town and goes to Bromsgrove.

One notable effort by " Providence Plantations " ( Providence and Warwick ) during the time when Coddington had separated " Rhode Island " ( Newport and Portsmouth ) from the mainland came on May 18, 1652, when they passed a law which attempted to prevent slavery from taking root in the colony.

Such Sweet Thunder ( 1957 ), based on Shakespeare's plays and characters, and The Queen's Suite, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II, were products of the renewed impetus which the Newport appearance helped to create.

Bourke was owner of Rockfleet Castle, also called Carraigahowley Castle, which was strategically situated near Newport, as well as other lands like Burrishoole, with sheltered harbors in which a pirate ship could hide.

Much of the land that was not purchased by UCI ( which is now occupied by the cities of Irvine, Tustin, Newport Beach, and Newport Coast ) is now held under The Irvine Company.

The Diocese of Monmouth, the cathedral of which is the Cathedral Church of St Woolos in Newport, is one of the six dioceses of the Church in Wales.

On August 2, 2009, Baez played at the 50th Newport Folk Festival, which also marked the 50th anniversary of her breakthrough performance at the first festival.

Rounders is linked to British baseball, which is still played in Liverpool, Cardiff and Newport.

Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University andNaval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major United States Navy training center.

The beginning of the commercial activity which raised Newport to its fame as a rich port was begun by a second wave of Portuguese Jews who settled there about the middle of the 18th century.

The former introduced into America the manufacture of sperm oil, which became one of the leading industries and made Newport rich.

" To him in a larger degree than to any one else was due the rapid commercial development which made Newport for a quarter of a century afterward the most formidable rival of New York.

Newport was active in the “ triangle trade ,” in which slave-produced sugar and molasses from the Caribbean were carried to Rhode Island and distilled into rum, which was then carried to West Africa and exchanged for captives.

Although the show is set in Newport Beach, financial penalties imposed for filming outside the studio zone meant much of the show was filmed in the Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles County region.

This meant that the Magners League nominee, the Newport Gwent Dragons, qualified without a playoff.

William ’ s success in Newport meant he was well known to the British.

This force established and significantly fortified Camp Butler and a battery at Newport News Point that could cover the entrance to the James River ship canal and the mouth of the Nansemond River.

By May 29, 1861, he established a camp with cannon range of the fort at nearby Hampton, Virginia and a fortified camp at Newport News, Virginia about from the fort.

This force established and significantly fortified Camp Butler and a battery at Newport News Point that could cover the entrance to the James River ship canal and the mouth of the Nansemond River.

The village is clustered around what remains of High Ercall Hall, originally a fortified 13th-century manor owned by the Arkle family ; in the seventeenth century the house was owned by the Newport family, having been rebuilt in 1608 for Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport.

It is known that at least five towns ( Barrington, Bristol, Narragansett, Newport and Westerly ) place some value on some boats for tax purposes.

The opening ceremony took place on 5 October 1912, with a match between Newport RFC and Cardiff RFC.

* Newport, CA, where the popular TV series The OC takes place ( loosely based on the non-fictional Orange County, California city of Newport Beach ).

The lyrics appear with permission from the Author :( 1st verse ): Harbor of a thousand ships / Forger of a nation's fleet / Gateway to the New World / Where ocean and river meet /( chorus ): Strength wrought from steel / And a people's fortitude / Such is the timeless legacy / Of a place called Newport News /( 2nd verse ): Nestled in a blessed land / Gifted with a special view / Forever home for ev ' ry man / With a spirit proud and true /( repeat chorus to fade )

San Joaquin Hills was a census-designated place until 2002 and a neighborhood in Newport Beach, Orange County, California.

Frankfort passed a special law, creating the Newport Court House District, and within that district, the Newport Courthouse Commission which functioned as a special taxing district, so that an additional courthouse could be built, and business could take place in Newport, in addition to Alexandria.

Newport East is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in the town of Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

Newport is a Census-designated place in York County, South Carolina.

In 2008, production for the CMT reality television program Outsiders Inn took place at the Christopher Place Resort in Newport.

They went up in fourth place after finishing ahead of Newport County on goal average.

Newport is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in the town of Newport in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.

The central settlement in town, where 4, 769 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Newport census-designated place ( CDP ) and is located next to the Sugar River at the junction of New Hampshire routes 10 and 11.

The central village of Newport, a census-designated place ( CDP ), has an area of, all land.

Tiverton is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

In his first full season in charge, Holdsworth led Newport to a 10th place finish in the league.

Holdsworth left Newport County to become team manager of Football League Two team Aldershot Town on 12 January 2011 with Newport County in fifth place in the Conference National table.

However, Shepp, along with Tchicai and others from the Four for Trane sessions, then cut Ascension with Coltrane in 1965, and his place alongside Coltrane at the forefront of the avant-garde jazz scene was epitomized when the pair split a record ( the first side a Coltrane set, the second a Shepp set ) entitled New Thing at Newport released in late 1965.

Ryde is the second busiest place in the Southern Vectis network, smaller only to Newport.

The following season saw an improvement to 16th place, this time comfortably above relegated Newport County and in fact only 11 points from the playoff places ; however a poor run of form towards the end of the season ( four points from the last 10 games ) cost the team any hope of promotion.