Liswerry
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Lliswerry (), or Liswerry, is an electoral district (ward) and community of the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by Newport City Council. It is the largest community/ward in the city.
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- Official name
- Lliswerry
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Newport
- Population
- 12069
- Area
- 505
- Image
- Liswerry Road north of the railway - geograph.org.uk - 1589627.jpg
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- OS grid reference
- ST334870
- Commons category
- Liswerry
- historic county
- Monmouthshire
- P12749
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Lliswerry (), or Liswerry, is an electoral district (ward) and community of the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by Newport City Council. It is the largest community/ward in the city.
== History and origins == Liswerry/Lliswerry is an anglicised version of the Welsh 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liswerry” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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