Newport | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1529–1832 | |
Seats | Two |
Created from | Dunheved |
Replaced by | Launceston |
Newport was a rotten borough situated in Cornwall. It is now the suburb of Newport within the town of Launceston, which was itself also a parliamentary borough at the same period. It is also referred to as Newport iuxta Launceston,[1] to distinguish it from other constituencies named Newport.