Chartist Memorial at Twyn Star, Dukestown
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Chartist Memorial at Twyn Star, Dukestown
Image: © Robin Drayton Taken: 3 Oct 2012
Bilingual memorial to three Chartists who were killed in Newport during the uprising of 1839 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3191442 . For information on the local Chartists see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3191171 . For a contemporary report of the event see http://www.newportpast.com/nfs/strands/frost/report.htm .
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Image Location
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51.787135
Longitude
-3.249945