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Newport, Gloucestershire (see Gloucestershire) is a small English village on the A38 road. It is about a mile east of Berkeley, and is on the Doverte Brook, a tributary of the Little Avon River. It has a pub ('The Stagecoach'), a motel ('The Newport Towers'), and a small non-conformist chapel. The chapel closed October 2006 and it has a Georgian Interior with hat pegs and galleries and several broken harmoniums. Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Motto: (the Royal motto3) (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the Queen 4 Capital London Most populous conurbation Greater London Urban Area Official languages English, Cornish, Welsh and more (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Monarch Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair Formation - Union of the Crowns... A38 passing under M50 in Worcestershire The A38 is a major trunk road in England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... The Little Avon River is a small river partly in southern Gloucestershire and partly in South Gloucestershire. ...

It is situated halfway between Bristol and Gloucester and during the 18th and 19th centuries the journey between the towns was a day's travel. It was a perfect staging point for stagecoaches at that time. There were many inns, some catering for the post. The coaches would have a change of horses, the coachmen and passengers having a mid-journey rest stop.

	Settlements on the A38, Bristol to Worcester	edit
Heading north: Bristol \| Stokes Croft \| Cotham \| Bishopston \| Horfield \| Filton \| Aztec West \| Almondsbury \| Rudgeway \| Alveston \| Falfield \| Stone \| Woodford \| Newport \| Cambridge \| Quedgeley \| Gloucester \| Coombe Hill \| Tewkesbury \| Twyning \| Ryall \| Severn Stoke \| Kempsey \| Worcester A38 passing under M50 in Worcestershire The A38 is a major trunk road in England. ... Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and the borough of Swindon. ... The city of Worcester (pronounced ) is a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England, situated some 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Birmingham and 29 miles (47 km) north of Gloucester. ... Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and the borough of Swindon. ... Cotham is an affluent, leafy inner-suburb of Bristol, England, situated between Clifton and St Pauls, and similar in character to Clifton, and Redland, which it borders. ... Map sources for Bishopston at grid reference ST586755 Bishopston is an inner-suburb in north Bristol, England, situated on the Gloucester Road, the main northern arterial road in the city. ... Horfield is a suburb of the city of Bristol, in southwest England. ... Filton is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, on the northern outskirts of Bristol. ... Aztec West is a business park situated at the northern fringes of Bristol, near Bradley Stoke and Patchway. ... Location within the British Isles Almondsbury is a large village near junction 16 of the M5 motorway, in South Gloucestershire, England. ... Rudgeway is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. ... Another village known as Alveston is in Warwickshire, see Alveston, Warwickshire. ... Falfield is a village near the northern border of South Gloucestershire. ... Stone is a small village in southern Gloucestershire, on the A38, just south-west of its crossing of the Little Avon River. ... Cambridge, Gloucestershire Cambridge is a village in the district of Stroud, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... Quedgeley is a suburb and civil parish of Gloucester, England, situated south-west of the city. ... Shown within Gloucestershire Geography Status: City (1541) Region: South West England Admin. ... Coombe Hill is the name of a hamlet, telephone exchange, and disused canal in Gloucestershire. ... Location within the British Isles The Tewkesbury War Memorial, locally known as the Cross Tewkesbury is a historic town in Gloucestershire, England. ... Ryall is a village in the south of Worcestershire, England, on the east bank of the River Severn, near Upton-upon-Severn on the opposite bank. ... Kempsey is a village in Worcestershire, England. ... The city of Worcester (pronounced ) is a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England, situated some 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Birmingham and 29 miles (47 km) north of Gloucester. ...

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	Penhow Castle was a stronghold of the family of St Maur or Seymour, from whom are descended the present dukes of Somerset, and Grosmont and Skenfrith Castles of the family of Braose.
	The Norman lords of the present county held their lands per baroniam, so that the kings writ did not run in them, and the lives and property of the poorer inhabitants were entirely at the mercy of these lords marchers as they were termed.

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