Digital Titles

A Letter to Thomas Prothero (1821) - A published copy of the letter sent privately by John Frost to Thomas Prothero in July 1820. Also contains accusations levelled at Prothero relating to the libel trial of January 1820.

The Clarke Report (1850) - Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary enquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condidtion of the inhabitants of the Borough of Newport.

Lamentable News Out of Monmouthshire (1607) - Tract by William Welby describing the calamitous flood that caused extensive damage and loss of life on the coast of the Bristol Channel in January 1607.

Part 1 of The Trial Between Thomas Prothero and John Frost (1822) - Published in two parts in 1822, this is John Frost’s own account of his trial for libel as brought by Thomas Protheroe. Frost used these pamphlets to defend the accusations he had made against Protheroe.

Part 2 of the Trial Between Thomas Prothero and John Frost (1822) - Published in two parts in 1822, this is John Frost’s own account of his trial for libel as brought by Thomas Protheroe. Frost used these pamphlets to defend the accusations he had made against Protheroe.

Local Board of Health for Newport, Monmouthshire Report of the Officer of Health (1853) - Under the provisions of the 1848 Public Health Act the people of Newport petitioned the General Board of Health in 1849 to send an inspector to examine sanitary conditions in the town. This is the report he compilled.

Newport Union - New Workhouse and Infirmary (1904) - Although the workhouse was an Elizabethan innovation, the main impetus for their growth was the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. This act required parishes to form unions that would provide a central workhouse which would classify the poor by age, sex and medical condition to provide poor relief only to those who were admitted to the workhouse.

Newport Union - New Workhouse and Infirmary (1868) - Although the workhouse was an Elizabethan innovation, the main impetus for their growth was the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. This act required parishes to form unions that would provide a central workhouse which would classify the poor by age, sex and medical condition to provide poor relief only to those who were admitted to the workhouse.