Newport Rising - the Westgate Hotel and the Chartist Uprising
MANY of us walk past the Westgate Hotel in the centre of Newport every day without giving it a second glance, despite the buildings historic past…
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Looking back at Newport's Westgate Hotel through the years
In the 1980s the hotel included a string of retail stores including Thorntons, Benetton and a jewellers. The Westgate Hotel in 1986 Today the the building is no longer used as a hotel but was opened in 2019 for temporary display by Our Chartist Heritage for the Chartist Rising anniversary. Statues outside the Westgate Hotel in Newport. Picture: christinsleyphotography.co.uk In Westgate Square stands three statues, Union, Prudence, Energy which commemorate the bloody battle of the Chartis...
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