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Population
  
2,161  (2001 census)

Country
  
Wales

Postcode district
  
NP18 2

Local time
  
Thursday 8:16 PM

Post town
  
Newport

OS grid reference
  
ST391876

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Police
  
Gwent

Dialling code
  
1633

Principal area
  
Newport

Bishton

Weather
  
8°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 83% Humidity

Bishton level crossing duffryn marshfield 23 04 2011


Bishton or Bishopston (Welsh: Llangadwaladr Trefesgob or simply Trefesgob) is a small rural community in the east of the city of Newport, south Wales. The parish lies in the Llanwern electoral district (ward) and contains the eastern end of Llanwern Steelworks, the Underwood estate as well as Bishton itself.

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Map of Bishton, Newport, UK

The name is said to derive from "Bishop's Town", as the village has been alleged to the sometime home of the Bishops of Llandaff. Owain Glyndwr destroyed the palaces at Bishton and Llandaff, from which time the episcopal palace was moved to Mathern.

4 bed home bishton village newport south wales


Government

The area is governed by the Newport City Council and the Bishton community council.

References

Bishton Wikipedia


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