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Liswerry (Welsh: Llyswyry) (sometimes spelled Lliswerry) is both an electoral district (ward) and community parish of the city of Newport, South Wales.
[edit] Parish boundaries
The parish is bounded by the River Usk to the east, Lilleshall Street and Telford Street to the northeast, the Great Western main line to the north, the original western end of Llanwern steelworks and Meadows Road to the east, and Nash Road, Traston Road, Corporation Road and Stephenson Street to the south. The Liswerry ward is composed of both the Liswerry and Nash parishes.
[edit] Schools & colleges
The ward is the site of the City of Newport Campus for Coleg Gwent (commonly referred to as 'Nash College') and the Newport International Sports Village. Liswerry has a high school [1], a junior school and primary school, situated close to each other. The high school is adjacent to the college campus, with the junior and infants school located further north along Nash Road.
[edit] Churches
Liswerry has three churches St. Andrews Church in Wales situated on Somerton Road and Liswerry Baptist church situated in Camperdown Road, as well as St Patrick's catholic church in Cromwell Road.
[edit] History & origins
Liswerry is well-known across the city for the railway bridge over Nash Road with 'This is Liswerry with 2 L's' painted in white across it. So is it one or two Ls? The answer is both. Liswerry is an anglicised version of the place name Llyswyry translating to Maiden's Court. (Llys - Court, Gwyryf > Wyryf > Wyry - Maiden). It is believed that there was a manor house in the area belonging to the Welsh King of Brycheiniog. His daughter had connections to the manor/court. It was likely that the house was in the area of Traston Road today.
The debate over the number of Ls has been most notably on graffiti the railway bridge over Somerton Road, which over the years has alternated between "this is Lliswerry with 2 Ls" & "this is Liswerry with 1 L".
[edit] Newport County
The suburb is also home to Newport Stadium [2], home ground of the Newport County football team.
(Source: Wikipedia) |