Goldcliff
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Groynes at Goldcliff Point, 2008 Goldcliff () is a village, parish and community to the south east of the city of Newport in South Wales. It lies within the Newport city boundaries in the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. Administratively, the community of Goldcliff includes the village/parish of Whitson. The population in 2001 was 233; by 2011 it had risen to 329.
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Place details
- Locality
- Goldcliff
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Allteuryn
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.official_name
- Goldcliff
- UK place.static_image
- Goldcliff.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A reen in Goldcliff withThe Farmer's Arms beyond
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Newport
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Newport East
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Newport East
- UK place.post_town
- NEWPORT
- UK place.postcode_district
- NP18
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Goldcliff
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Newport
- Population
- +329
- Area
- +1699
- Image
- St Marys Goldcliff.jpg
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- P7959
- Monmouthshire
- P8168
- Mitsubishi Dignity
- P12749
- William Jones
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Character
- History
- Prehistoric, Roman, and Medieval
- Goldcliff Priory
- Other historic sites
- Local industry and education
- The church
- Amenities
- Government
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|Groynes at Goldcliff Point, 2008 Goldcliff () is a village, parish and community to the south east of the city of Newport in South Wales. It lies within the Newport city boundaries in the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. Administratively, the community of Goldcliff includes the village/parish of Whitson. The population in 2001 was 233; by 2011 it had risen to 329.
==Toponymy== The name is said to have originated from the siliceous limestone cliff, standing about high, at Hill Farm, rising over a great bed of yellow mica which breaks the level at the shore and has a glittering appearance in sunshine, especially to ships passing in the Bristol Channel. Giraldus Cambrensis, who toured Wales in 1188, refers to the location as "Gouldclyffe" and describes it in Latin as "...glittering with a wonderful brightness".