Liswerry

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**Liswerry ward**
Statistics
Population:	10,616 (2001 census)
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for ST334870
Administration
Council:	Newport City Council
UK Parliament:	Newport East
Post office and telephone
Postal district:	NP19 0,4
Dialling code:	+44-1633 Maindee exchange

Liswerry (Welsh: Llyswyry) (sometimes spelled Lliswerry) is both an electoral district (ward) and community (parish) of the city of Newport.

The parish is bounded by the River Usk to the east, Lilleshall Street and Telford Street to the northeast, the Great Western main line to the north, the original western end of Llanwern steelworks and Meadows Road to the east, and Nash Road, Traston Road, Corporation Road and Stephenson Street to the south. The Liswerry ward is composed of both the Liswerry and Nash parishes.

The ward is the site of the City of Newport Campus for Coleg Gwent (commonly referred to as 'Nash College') and the Newport Velodrome. Liswerry has a high school, a junior school and infants school, situated close to each other. The high school is adjacent to the college campus, with the junior and infants school located further north along Nash Road.

Liswerry is well-known across the city for the railway bridge over Nash Road with 'This is Lliswerry with 2 L's' painted in white across it. Many have been tempted to paint 'This is Liswerry with 1 L' on the other side. But no-one has yet.

So is it one or two 'L's? The answer is both. Liswerry is an anglicised version of the place name Llyswyry translating to Maiden's Court. (Llys - Court, Gwyryf > Wyryf > Wyry - Maiden). It is believed that there was a manor house in the area belonging to the King of Brycheiniog. His daughter had connections to the manor/court. It was likely that the house was in the area of Traston Road today.