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Whitson
Sign in to saveWhitson is a village on the outskirts of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is located about south-east of Newport city centre on the Caldicot Levels, a large area of coastal land reclaimed from the sea. Administratively, Whitson is part of the community of Goldcliff.
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- Locality
- Whitson
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Official name
- Whitson
- Population
- 339
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14 sectionsContents
- Origin of the name
- Character
- History
- Architecture
- Church of St Mary
- Whitson Court
- Whitehall Farm/Redbrick House
- Amenities
- Upfield Farm Aerodrome
- Government
- See also
- References
- Notes
- External links
Whitson is a village on the outskirts of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is located about south-east of Newport city centre on the Caldicot Levels, a large area of coastal land reclaimed from the sea. Administratively, Whitson is part of the community of Goldcliff.
== Origin of the name == Sir Joseph Bradney, in his History of Monmouthshire (1922), is undecided on the derivation of the name of the manor and surrounding village, but notes early spellings such as Witston, Widson and Wyttston. It seems most likely, however, that the name came from "Whitestone", similar to the adjacent "Goldcliff". In 1358 the manor was held "...by John de Saint Maur of Penhow of Peter de Cusance by knight service, as of his manor of Langstone". In the 18th and 19th centuries the Phillips family owned a large estate in the parish and lived at what was then called "Whitson House" (now "Whitson Court").
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