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 building's 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 Chartist Rising in 1839 where 3,000 Chartists led by John Frost marched to Newport to attempt to release ...
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