Church Guide Whatever your faith or interests, we would like to welcome you to explore the beauty and tradition of our churches. Use the plan opposite to guide stories in stone yourself around the churches of Newport. Welcome! However you Towering above Newport architectural merit (and The medieval churches of faith and died for their beliefs. Middle Ages.Alas, he also died travel, you will have been railway station is the tower of Newport’s churches and St Nicholas, St Lawrence and They are commemorated at a and today the place name has welcomed to Newport by a another fine city church - St chapels have excellent St Thomas (and an Augustinian church in St Julians, Newport, been corrupted to ’Bishton’. Choir Stalls and city skyline of church towers, Mark’s, whilst above that again, examples of all the different Priory) have all been lost to dedicated in their names. Screens spires, pinnacles & turrets! on the opposite hill, is the architectural periods and the ensuing re-development of Along the coast, a number of You will also learn of the local A journey by railway will have Cathedral Church of St styles), these fascinating places the city centre over many impressive churches (as at St saints - holy men and women These are usually Woolos. are ‘stories in stone’, for centuries. Brides Wentloog, Nash and - like Cadoc, Gwnllyw, Bride located between the church guide nave and chancel, through their own Redwick) bear a flood mark (or Bridgit), Maches, Gladyws, It was probably during the late development and history they However, a visit to the city commemorating the great and many more. and are typically 470s that the soldier-prince tell the historic, social and museum and art gallery will flood of 1606/07, now thought Your journey to the churches found in greater Gwynllyw answered God's call economic tale of this city and offer a further insight into this to have been a type of of Newport will be a churches and to a life of prayer, and he built its environs. period, as well as offering ‘tsunami’. In Goldcliff church a fascinating one - a journey cathedrals, it is his "cell" here on Stow Hill. much more information about brass plaque records the huge with the saints and the sinners, where the choir This quickly became a place of On a walking tour around the the history of Newport. loss of life and possessions. the great and the good, the gathers and where pilgrimage and when the old churches and chapels of the Of course, the story continues warmongers and the the service is sung. wooden church was burned city centre, you will learn of today, for all these buildings are At Llanmartin and Penhow, peacemakers, the poor and (as at Newport St down, it was rebuilt in the the cities Christian roots (at St places of worship and as such the churches were originally the suffering and the weak and Arch Altar Pier/Column Font Nave Mark). Tombs Windows Chancel Saxon times in stone. Woolos Cathedral), the will also reflect the lives and little more than family chapels the strong. It’s a journey at the Arches are This is the table at A pier is a structural The Font is a vessel The Nave is the A rail or screen Tombs are a Windows vary This is the Eastern This actually remains as the industrial revolution and the the faith of today’s generation for the nobles of the local heart of Newport’s story over structures that span which the Eucharist is support for an arch which contains the main body or central sometimes separates common feature of throughout the ages, part of a church, in present "Galilee Chapel" at the resulting rapid growth of the - not just those of the past. castles and their workers, a period of 1,500 years.We over openings and celebrated, usually which supports the water used in aisle of a church, the choir from the churches and Norman windows which the altar is given the greatest variety - West end of the Cathedral. city (St Paul‘s and United whilst at Llanvaches the church thank you for being part of recesses. It is usually placed in the Chancel. load from a beam, baptism. It is usually where the nave, usually made cathedrals and are set high up in a placed, and is from the east or the west - as Later the Normans added Reformed Church,Victoria Travelling further afield into the is built on the site where the that story today as we possible to calculate lintel or thrust of an placed near the west congregation usually from wood or stone commemorate the wall, early English sometimes the line sweeps into the city their massive Nave - and then, Road), the wealthy industrialists picturesque rural hinterland of beautiful St Maches was celebrate a city of diverse the age of a church arch.Where the pier end of a church. It sit to attend religious and elaborately life of notable windows, or lancets separated from the across either of the level later still, the "Norman Jewel" who funded the building of the city, you’ll find many villages murdered as long ago as the religious and cultural heritage by the type of arch meets the masonry may be of stone or, services. Many gothic decorated. Before individuals and their are tall and narrow, nave by a screen. coastal planes, with their was given its "Gothic Casquet" dozens of new churches (St and hamlets, many with eighth century. and with many different faiths. used and all periods at the top you will more rarely lead. churches feature the reformation they contribution to the decorated windows (Newport St John villages and ancient churches. in the 15th century. Finally, the Mark‘s, St Stephen‘s) and of ancient churches, all with their of architecture are find a capital, (as at ground plans in the were topped with a local community, are larger and the Baptist) In the city suburbs you can see architect Alban Caroe the religious fervour of the own individual story to tell. Also at Llanvaches is the first represented in Penhow) which are shape of a Latin rood which depicted such as notable local coloured glass and many examples of splendid extended the Chancel in the Victorian period and the At Bassaleg and Lower congregational chapel to have Newport churches. Pews often decorated Cross, and during key devotional families. (see tracery was used, scenes as a focus for churches and chapels from the early 1960s. In 1929 Welsh revival of 1904. Sadly, Machen you’ll encounter the opened in Wales - in the year These are the fixed with foliage. the 11th and 12th Bassaleg) perpendicular saw the worshippers Victorian era, many funded by St Woolos became the Pro- the medieval history of the ‘Morgan’s of Tredegar’, wealthy 1639.The word ’Bishton’ wooden benches. century, stone height and width during mass. Often a wealthy industrialists, for this Cathedral of the new Diocese city centre is harder to see. landowners and patrons who derives from ‘Bishopstown’. St Gothic pews are churches became increase, allowing the loft can be found city was once a major centre of Monmouth, attaining full played a leading role in the Cadwaladwr - a Welsh king - partly enclosed to the more popular as it maximum amount above from where for the export of coal to all cathedral status in 1949. development of Newport. is remembered in the aisles by bench ends, gave a deeper, of light. Stained glass (in the 17th / 18th parts of the British empire. dedication of the church. Like box pews are Vestry sonorous quality to techniques were centuries) local Between 1856 and 1883, a The Christian faith has long Over at Caerleon the church many of the local population enclosed with high This is used to store the singing. (try the developed in Saxon village bands played new chapel opened virtually been at the centre of is situated in a Roman town, he died from the plague. sides, and were a vestments and other acoustics at times, and were to accompany every other year, reflecting the Newport’s life and where Julius and Aaron were Similarly Bishop John Pascal characteristic of the items used in worship Redwick!). often commissioned worship. (as at dynamic growth and nature of development.Although Roman soldiers.They were fled here,again to flee the 18th century (as at St and where the clergy in order to buy a Redwick) the town. interesting for their early converts to the Christian rampaging plague of the Mary’s Nash). and choir robe before soul’s journey to the service. heaven. Visiting Newport Why not combine a trip to one of Newport’s beautiful and historic churches, with a visit to one of the many fantastic attractions in and around the city. Newport City Centre is brimming with places of interest, pick up a bargain in the Victorian Market or check out the latest fashions visitor information in one of the many high street stores. Follow the public art trail and stop for a bite to eat in one of the many bars, cafes and restaurants. Getting to Newport: Museum and Art Gallery Tel: (01633) 842962. houses fascinating displays depicting natural sciences, archaeology and local history. By Car: M4 Junction 25/26. Collections include material from Roman Caerwent and objects and documents relating to the Chartist Rising of 1839.The Art Gallery houses Public Transport: Newport City Centre is accessible by rail and coach and Newport collections of British paintings, watercolours and contemporary prints.Tel:(01633 656656).The remains of Newport Castle, stand on the bank Transport provides bus services to other areas of Newport For information on visiting of the river Usk, just outside the city centre.The castle was built in the early 14 century to guard the settlement and control the river crossing.