Pillgwenlly

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Pillgwenlly
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The Waterloo Hotel
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Pillgwenlly
Location within Newport
Population7,318 (2011 census) [1]
OS grid reference ST315875
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWPORT
Postcode district NP20 2
Dialling code 01633
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Police Gwent
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UK Parliament
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51°35′N2°59′W / 51.58°N 2.99°W / 51.58; -2.99

Pillgwenlly (Welsh : Pilgwenlli), usually referred to as Pill, is a community and electoral ward in the city of Newport, South Wales.

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Etymology

The name is an elision of "Pîl Gwynllyw" (or "Gwynllyw's Pîl" in English). 'Pîl' is a localised topographical element (found across the coast of South Wales, from Pembrokeshire and into Somerset) indicating a tidal inlet from the sea, suitable as a harbour. [2] In local tradition, it is said that this name derives from the early part of Gwynllyw's life when he was an active pirate. The tradition states that Gwynllyw maintained his ships at Pillgwenlly. [3] Gwynllyw's reputation amongst sailors saw him adopted as the patron saint of choice for Welsh pirates and smugglers including Sir Henry Morgan.

Description

The community is bounded by the River Usk to the east and southeast, the Ebbw River to the southwest, the Great Western Main Line to the west and Cardiff Road (A48) to the north.

Courtybella Terrace, a typical Pill mixture of small terraces and exuberantly decorated Victorian commercial properties Courtybella Terrace, Pillgwenlly - geograph.org.uk - 1770522.jpg
Courtybella Terrace, a typical Pill mixture of small terraces and exuberantly decorated Victorian commercial properties

It is an inner-city district to the south of the city centre and the built-up area is commonly shortened to "Pill". It contains the Newport Docks and the western ends of the Newport Transporter Bridge, [4] City Bridge and George Street Bridge.

Pill hosts the annual Pill Carnival, on the last weekend of August. [5] The Old Town Dock area is currently undergoing a huge mixed-use regeneration to bring the derelict dock lands back into use. A lively market takes place on a Saturday morning at the Newport Auctions site.

In 2012 the TV drama series Being Human featured internal and external cafe scenes filmed in Fanny's Cafe on Alexandra Road near the Transporter Bridge. [6]

The Waterloo Hotel is a Grade II listed building and is a good example of an early-20th-century public house, with a surviving interior of exceptional quality. The corner of the building has a cantilevered octagonal clock tower rising to four stories in height with a pierced terracotta strapwork chamber to the top storey. The whole is set beneath a roof clad in fishscale clay tiling. The clock faces south to the docks. [7] [8] [9]

Governance

The area is governed by the Newport City Council. Pillgwenlly is the name of an electoral ward to the city council, represented by two city councillors since 1995. The ward has consistently elected Labour Party councillors. [10]

Sporting traditions

View over Pill, from the Royal Gwent Hospital A view across Newport from the Royal Gwent Hospital (3) - geograph.org.uk - 1315645.jpg
View over Pill, from the Royal Gwent Hospital

Pill Harriers RFC is a successful rugby union team affiliated to the Welsh Rugby Union, whose membership was historically made up from the local dock workers. In its past it supplied many players to both Newport RFC and the Wales national rugby union team.The Pearce brothers, six of whom were professional boxers, hailed from Pill, including David 'Bomber' Pearce, Walter 'Bimbo' Pearce and Gary Pearce.

The football manager Tony Pulis was born in Pill. [11] Newport County A.F.C. manager Mike Flynn grew up in Pill, on Baldwin Street. [12]

Health

In 2016, women in the Pillgwenlly ward had the fifth-lowest life expectancy at birth of any ward in England and Wales at 74.4 years. [13]

Plan for designated area for prostitution

In July 2015, Gwent Police proposed a plan to develop a designated area for prostitution within the boundaries of Pill. The proposal follows a similar pilot scheme in the North of England, and a police spokeswoman said enforcement alone was "not an effective solution". Officers stated that no decision would be made until they had looked at evidence from other initiatives and consulted with residents, businesses and the council. Officers commented that similar schemes had increased the reporting of offences against prostitutes, and allowed other agencies to work with women to help them leave the sex industry. [14] Monmouth MP David Davies, who had debated prostitution on the Council of Europe, was cautious about the proposed area, and said that it "should not become like Amsterdam." [15]

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References

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    2. ↑ Owen, William (1803). A Dictionary of the Welsh Language (Vol II ed.). London.
    3. ↑ Robin Gwyndaf, Welsh Folk Tales (National Museum of Wales, 1989), p. 96
    4. ↑ "Geograph:: Newport: floodlit bridge (C) Chris Downer". www.geograph.org.uk.
    5. ↑ "Events still going ahead, despite no carnival this year". South Wales Argus. 2 August 2024.
    6. ↑ "Fanny's Rest Stop and Cafe of Pill defies recession and features in new exhibition". South Wales Argus. 6 April 2015.
    7. ↑ "The Waterloo Hotel – Boutique Hotel and Restaurant in Newport".
    8. ↑ Stuff, Good. "Waterloo Hotel PH, Pillgwenlly, Newport". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
    9. ↑ "Waterloo Hotel | Newport City Council". www.newport.gov.uk.
    10. ↑ "Newport City Council Election Result 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University . Retrieved 30 August 2022.
    11. ↑ "Pulis still a Pill boy at heart". South Wales Argus. 7 May 2011.
    12. ↑ James, Stuart (25 January 2019). "Middlesbrough v Newport: uniting two managers from one tough district". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
    13. ↑ Bennett, James; et al. (22 November 2018). "Contributions of diseases and injuries to widening life expectancy inequalities in England from 2001 to 2016: a population-based analysis of vital registration data". Lancet public health. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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