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Chartist Uprising Mural, John Frost Square, Newport

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NPRN412331
Map ReferenceST38NW
Grid ReferenceST3121988025
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNewport
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityStow Hill
Type Of SiteCOMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT
PeriodModern
Description

In 1839, businessman John Frost led several thousand men on a march to Newport as part of a campaign for the People's Charter for electoral reform. In the ensuing confrontation (nprn 405003) between the Chartists and troops, more than twenty men were shot dead.
On a wall of a multi-storey carpark in the north entrance to John Frost Square was a mosaic mural depicting scenes from the uprising. It was created by Kenneth Budd and completed in 1978, containing 200,000 separate pieces of tile. (Source: Newport City Council)
The mural was destroyed by Newport City Council on 03 October 2013.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 04 October 2013.

In 2019 a new mural was erected in Rogerstone, designed by Kenneth Budd's son Oliver (see NPRN 701003)

MR, RCAHMW, 16 Feb 2022