Links to other web sites
NEWPORT AND ITS HISTORY |
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| The site for Newport Local History Society | |
The website for Bob Trett
featuring lectures and historical tours of Newport and Caerleon.Bob
has had a long career in museums and was Museum Officer at Newport
Museum and Art Gallery until he retired. Since then he has been actively
involved in local archaeology and history. He is Chairman of the Glamorgan
Gwent Archaeological Trust and is particularly informed about the
Newport Mediaeval Ship.Currently his lecture programme includes:
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| http://www.newportpast.com | Old prints, postcards, maps, plans and sketches of Newport Past. Explore the history of Newport in the 1800s through original newspaper reports, dip into the 20th century with a chronology of events. |
| The website provides a detailed historical account of Caerleon from pre-Roman times to the present day. Caerleon was the home of Isca Roman legionary fort, and an amphitheatre. The resource also has Caerleon on old maps, and has access to past village directories. Present and future Caerleon include a diary of events, and available services in the village. | |
| http://www.maindee.org | This web site is about the Maindee Festival. It starts on Saturday the 12th July and this year will features a parade of 'the ship'. |
| http://www.quietwomansrow.moonfruit.com/ | The Pill Heritage Centre building was lost to the property developers. Sad day indeed - however, Jan Preece has re - launched the project, this time as a web site. He aims to offer educational resources, picture research and a number of various other things. He plans to run it as a web style newspaper for Pill and maybe one day Newport. |
| http://www.maindee-newport.co.uk/ | A general information page about the community of Maindee which sits just across the river from the site of the Newport Mediaeval Ship. |
| The site for Gwent County History Society hosted by University of Wales College Newport covering history of the county of Gwent with a number of articles on Newport and Caerleon. | |
| 'Wales on the Web' is a subject gateway to high quality websites about all aspects of Wales. 'Wales on the Web' is a bilingual, searchable, structured portal to quality material of Welsh interest on the World Wide Web. The project is funded by the British Library Co-operation and Partnership Programme, and the Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP) and Resource. CAYW has been adopted as a working name for the portal. It is based on the Welsh name of the project (Cymru ar y We) and is run by the National Library of Wales. | |
| If you want to see what Newport looks like visit The Photolibrary Wales, This is a commercial site and the premier source of images for Wales. The site has on-line searchable facilities for many thousands of images including a large section on Newport. Just click on Newport at the bottom right of the map | |
| http://www.newport.ac.uk | University of Wales College Newport (UWCN) |
| http://www.newport.gov.uk/jumpto.cfm?page=/news/mediaevalship/index.cfm | Section of Newport City Council website given to the ship |
| Newport City Council website | |
ARCHAEOLOGY and MARITIME SITES |
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| http://www.chepstow.org.uk | Chepstow Archaeological Society - with further information about the Newport Mediaeval Ship, local news on the campaign and events. Chepstow Archaeological Society were closely involved in the original SOS campaign. |
| Money and Power: Bristol and
its Maritime Trade 1453-1640. http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/History/Maritime/sources.htm Bristol Shipping Industry in the Sixteenth Century. E.T.Jones.
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During the 15th Century, foreign trade in the Bristol Channel (almost certainly including the Newport Ship) was administratively centered on Bristol as its customs port. Dr.E.T.Jones of the University of Bristol has carried out extensive research on this topic and the two links below provide useful background to the probable economic history of the Newport Ship. |
| The Council for British Archaeology which also features extensive pages on the Newport Mediaeval Ship | |
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Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust - The archaeologists excavating the ship - |
| see in particular article about their work excavating the Newport ship. | |
| The Local SOS Campaign Homepage - further detailed information about coordination of the local campaign, many photo's, location map etc. here. | |
| The Mary Rose Trust guardians of King Henry VIII's flagship recovered from the Solent of Portsmouth. | |
| http://www.oxfordarch.co.uk | The site for Oxford Archaeology, one of the foremost archaeological trusts in Britain. Oxford Archeology undertook the recovery of the Prow section of the Newport mediaeval ship. |
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http://www.oxfordarch.co.uk/pages/neshipintro.htm
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The site for Oxford Archaeology pages documenting the recovery and recording of the prow of the Newport ship - it includes drawings, photographs and a 3D virual illustration of the prow timbers. |
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http://www.field-archaeology.info |
Field Archaeology - A very accessible site that gives a simple and easy to read introduction to the basics of archaeology and the landscape. Well written sections on a range of topics including Bronze Age, Saxon, Roman and Mediaeval Archaeology. It even has some pages on the Newport Ship. |
| National Museum & Galleries of Wales | |
| The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich was founded by the National Maritime Museum Act in 1934. The Museum is the largest maritime museum in the world, covering every aspect of ships and seafaring, in peace and at war, from pre-history to today. The collections illustrate themes of Britain and the sea, empire and cultural interchange, sea-power, maritime technology, exploration and navigation. | |
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http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/ |
Search PORT the online catalogue of maritime-related Internet resources compiled by the National Maritime MuseumPORT is an . Every resource has been selected and described by a librarian or subject specialist. Services and materials developed by the Museum's Centre for Research are also available on the site. |
| http://www.abc.se/~m10354/uwa/wreck-br.htm | The Nordic Underwater Archaeology site with pages devoted to British Isles wrecks, shipfinds & boatfinds |
| The Matthew of Bristol - Reconstruction of John Cabot's Famous Ship. | |
| The Vasa Museum is Scandinavia's most visited museum, located in Stockholm, capital of Sweden. The Museum was inaugurated in 1990 and contains the warship Vasa - the only remaining, intact 17th century ship in the world. The wreck, salvaged in 1961, has been rebuilt, complete with masts, stays and shrouds just like the Vasa would have looked like when set for winter in harbour. | |
| The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde houses the five original Viking ships excavated in Roskilde Fjord near Skuldelev. | |
| Site for the replica of Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour. In 1768 Lieutenant James Cook, RN, set sail in Endeavour on a voyage of exploration and scientific investigation. He charted the north and south islands of New Zealand before continuing west and sailed north along the coast of Australia before anchoring in what he named Botany Bay. During the four months voyage Cook charted the coastline from Point Hicks to Cape York and proclaimed the eastern part of the continent for Great Britain. | |
| Society for Nautical Research | |
| The World Ship Trust - charity working to advance the education of the public by the preservation and display of historic ships and associated artifacts. | |
| International Sailing Craft Association - Maritime Museum | |
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http://www.classic-boating.co.uk |
The Classic-Boating website is devoted to 'Online Information' of many kinds about Classic Boats. It includes a heritage section.Log on and sign the petition to persuade the British Government adopt a 'British Maritime Heritage' policy. |
| Site devoted to the ancient ships of San Rossore, Pisa, Italy discovered in December 1998. This important discovery has also meant that the Arsenali Medicei (Arsenal of the Medicis) has found a new role and has appropriately become the future home of the Navigation Museum run by the Pisa City Council. | |
| John's Nautical & Boatbuilding Page the mother of all maritime links and archive of everything maritime. | |
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World Monument Fund -
the foremost private non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation
of historic art and architecture worldwide. The World Monument Watch issues the bi-annual list for most endangered sites. |
GENERAL SITES & INFORMATION ABOUT WALES |
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| General news about Wales with a bias towards South Wales and good in depth content on Welsh history, John Frost and the Chartist movement and Canals and Canal Boats. A strong advocate for the Save Our Ship campaign. | |
| For information about culture and politics in Wales. Has campaigned vociferously to save the ship. | |
| The National Assembly for Wales official government site - the body that has funded the recovery of the ship. | |
ARTICLES & RELATED SPECIAL PAGES |
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| Web pages for the South Wales Argus with search facilities to trawl past articles on the mediaeval ship. | |
| BBC web site with a number of pages devoted to news about the ship - just type Newport Ship into the search box. | |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/yoursay/topics/ship.shtml |
Also see contributors comments on the "Have Your Say" pages |
| Site of the Member of Parliament for Newport West Paul Flynn. For all local and national matters of interest - awarded best political website. | |
| Also see - "Newport's Unique Ship" - Article on Paul Flynn's (MP for Newport West) Website | |
| Joining the medieval fleet - article by Gustave Milne, Lecturer in Maritime Archaeology at the University College London, published in British Archaeology, Issue 61, October 2001 | |
| Timber clues to Severn shipwreck's stormy end - News article on the medieval Magor Pill Wreck in British Archaeology, No 20, December 1996 | |
