Petition of the Town of Newport for city status, 2000

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Petition of the town of Newport to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council to confer city status, 12 October 2000.

Administrative / Biographical History

The county borough of Newport applied for city status in 1994 and 2000. It was granted city status in 2002 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee.

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Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following source was used to compile this description: Gwent Record Office, Misc. MSS.

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Related Material

A further petition for city status is Gwent Record Office, Misc. MSS. 2018.

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