Lliswerry
| Lliswerry | |
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 Lliswerry
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| Lliswerry shown within Newport | |
| Population | 12,353 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | ST334870 |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWPORT |
| Postcode district | NP19 0,4 |
| Dialling code | 01633 Maindee exchange |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | |
Lliswerry, also spelt Liswerry (Welsh: Llyswyry), is an electoral district (ward) and community of the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by Newport City Council.
The community is bounded by the River Usk to the west, Lilleshall Street and Telford Street to the northeast, the Great Western main line to the north, the original western end of Llanwern steelworks and Meadows Road to the east, and Nash Road, Traston Road, Corporation Road and Stephenson Street to the south. Lliswerry ward is composed of both the Lliswerry and Nash communities.
The ward is the site of the City of Newport Campus for Coleg Gwent (commonly referred to as 'Nash College') and the Newport International Sports Village. Lliswerry has a high school, a junior school and primary school, situated close to each other. Lliswerry High School is adjacent to the college campus, with the junior and infants school located further north along Nash Road.
Lliswerry has three churches St. Andrews Church in Wales situated on Somerton Road, Lliswerry Baptist church situated in Camperdown Road and St Patrick's Roman Catholic church in Cromwell Road.
Lliswerry is well-known across the city for the railway bridge over Somerton Road with 'This is Lliswerry with 2 L's' painted in white across it. Lliswerry is an anglicised version of the 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.
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