Bishton
Bishton or Bishopston ( or simply Trefesgob) is a small rural community in the east of the city of Newport, South Wales. It lies in the Llanwern electoral district (ward) and contains the eastern end of Llanwern steelworks, the Underwood estate as well as Bishton itself. The population in the 2001 census was 2,181; dropping to 2,137 in 2011.
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- Locality
- Bishton
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Bishton or Bishopston ( or simply Trefesgob) is a small rural community in the east of the city of Newport, South Wales. It lies in the Llanwern electoral district (ward) and contains the eastern end of Llanwern steelworks, the Underwood estate as well as Bishton itself. The population in the 2001 census was 2,181; dropping to 2,137 in 2011.
==History== The earliest record is from the Liber Landavensis (12th century) which states that Guidnerth was pardoned three years after killing his brother Merchion and was granted the land and woods from the coastline of Llangadwaladr to St. Cadwaladr's church in a charter witnessed by Bishop Berthguinus sometime around the year 700. The name is said to derive from "Bishop's Town", as the village has been alleged to be the sometime home of the Bishops of Llandaff. Owain Glyndŵr destroyed the palaces at Bishton and Llandaff, from which time the episcopal palace was moved to Mathern. Bishop John Pascall died here of the plague in 1361.