Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Canal marker on Crumlin branch of Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Rogerstone, Newport, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Newport, Rogerstone, designated on 23 July 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 23 July 2003
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Rogerstone
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.59137, -3.04245
- Cadw reference
- 81338
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal just W of Cefn canal bridge.
History
Mid to later C19 cast iron marker post on the Crumlin branch of the Monmouthshire Canal. Built by Thomas Dadford Junior 1792-9, the canal ran between Newport and Pontnewynydd, with this branch between Crindau and Crumlin. The canal and its many connected tramways were originally run by the Monmouthshire Canal Company. In 1845, with railway competition growing, the company gained permission to convert its tramways into railways and become the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company. This marker post has probably been resited.
Exterior
Canal post, cast-iron some 75cm high with triangular section. Two sides have raised white-painted lettering reading from top 'M R & C Co' for Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company.
Reason for designation
Included for historic transport interest on a canal which was a prime factor in the industrial development of the Gwent Valleys.
Nearby in the register
- Milepost on Monmouthshire and Brecon CanalTransportunder 1 mi
- Cefn Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon CanalNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Fourteen Locks, Monmouthshire CanalLockunder 1 mi
- Pensarn Canal Bridge over Monmouthshire and Brecon CanalNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.