Newport-on-Tay
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| Newport-on-Tay | |
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| Newport-on-Tay (Scots) | |
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| OS grid reference: | NO365325 |
| Population: | 7,922 |
| Council area: | Fife |
| Constituent country: | Scotland |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Police force: | Fife Constabulary |
| Lieutenancy area: | Fife |
| Former county: | Fife |
| Post town: | NEWPORT-ON-TAY |
| Postal: | DD6 |
| Telephone: | 01382 |
| Scottish Parliament: | North East Fife Mid Scotland and Fife |
| UK Parliament: | North East Fife |
| European Parliament: | Scotland |
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Newport-on-Tay is a small town in the north east of Fife in Scotland. It is a suburb of Dundee located opposite the city between the south ends of the Tay Rail Bridge and the Tay Road Bridge. The burgh of Newport-on-Tay also includes the town of Wormit.
The Fife Coastal Path passes through Newport.
[edit] History
The town was established near the endpoint of one part of a ferry route that itself was started in the 12th century.
In the 19th century the town expanded quickly. In 1715 new pier and inn were built. The work was funded by the Guilds of Dundee and they called the resulting settlement "New Dundee". Thomas Telford built a new harbour in the 1820s, and the town expanded and grew into a commuter suburb of Dundee as the prosperous jute manufacturers, industrialists and the middle and upper working class of the city established their fashionable residences in the town.
| Historical populations | |
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| 1755 | 751 |
| 1801 | 916 |
| 1851 | 1125 |
| 1901 | 4720 |
| 1951 | 3727 |
| 2005 | 7922 |
[edit] External links
- Newport-on-Tay Smart Community
- Newport-on-Tay on FifeDirect
- Gazetteer for Scotland: Newport-on-Tay
- Nevermore TravelBlog: Newport
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