11th - 12th Century The Normans gave the place its first recorded name, Novus Bergus and built the first castle on Stow Hill www.cadw.wales.gov.uk


1136 Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote his Historia Regium Britanniae in which he described how King Arthur Arthur held court at Caerleon. It was to set writers weaving new versions of the legend right across Europe. www.legendofkingarthur.org


16th - 17th Century Set in a beautiful 90 acre park in Newport, Tredegar House is one of the best examples of a 17th century Charles II mansion in Britain. The Morgan family, later Lords Tredegar, lived on this site from 1402 for over 500 years. Learn about the Morgan family, later Lords Tredegar, at their 17th century mansion Tredegar House. The family includes Sir Charles Morgan who shaped the city’s development in the 19th century and the outlandish Evan Morgan who owned a dancing kangaroo. www.newport.gov.uk/visiting


18th Century Newport develops at a rapid pace as iron and coal from the South Wales Valleys are sent across the world via the nearest port - Newport.


11th - 12th Century 1066 Battle of Hastings


1170 Assassination of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury


16th - 17th Century 1536 -1540 Dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII


1605 Gunpowder Plot 1642 1651 English Civil War 1665 Great Plague 1666 Great Fire of London


18th Century c.1750 Industrial Revolution begins


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