All About Newport

Did you know ..? Did you know that Newport railway station was built by the Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Co.. The canal companies were obviously worried that the new fangled trains would take business away from them, and started to invest in railways. Discover more online in the Visit Newport section: www.allaboutnewport.co.uk or search Newport Shropshire Visit Newport Steeped in History Dotted around Newport are 11 blue plaques. Each one, celebrates a noteable person or building in the town’s facinating history. In the period of the Cromwell’s Commonwealth, we see Adams Grammar School (1656) which also has two almshouses at the front for two poor men (left) and two poor women. All was built as a result of the will of William Adams, who gained Oliver Cromwell’s permission to found the school. 18 | Newport Shropshire