Newport

Isle of Wight

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Old postcards are sometimes poorly produced and grainy, I've done my best to scan them. Please click thumbnails for full size picture. Dates are from the card or my estimate (where possible).

This is not intended to be a history of Newport, capital of the Isle of Wight but rather a display of the cards I have. There are numerous books available about the town.

An undated multiview card. The only unusual picture is that on the bottom left,

Cricket ground, Victoria Road. This is just to the west of the town centre.


A view over Newport from Mountjoy. This is looking north and the river Medina may be seen at the top of the picture. Card is dated 1915	Described as 'I.W. Technical Institute and Seely Library' this building has subsequently become a school, currently called Nodehill School. Probably from around 1903.

St James Square, Newport showing the livestock market, probably from around 1910. For many years the square was used as a bus terminal, but is now part of the notorious Newport one way system	Looking east along High Street, Newport with Guildhall in the distance, around 1905

High Street, Newport taken from in front of Guildhall. St Thomas's Square and the parish church are on the left. The Eagle pub became Morris's department store and is now a series of individual stores. Dated 1910	Newport High Street in the 1930's. Weeks tearoom is on the left and the Victoria monument on the left

An view around 1910 looking down Newport High Street	Card of Newport High Street from the 1950's. Note the policeman doing point duty (directing traffic)

Queen Victoria's memorial in St James Square, Newport, 1903	Described as 'Town Hall' but now known as Guildhall, 1903

Newport page 2

More about Newport (from Black's Guide 1870)

Newport 1985 (from the Islander magazine)

Carisbrooke Castle

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8 August 2005