Newport Market and Newport M (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 20:13 (4318 days ago) @ essjay

Where have you seen Newport Market? I've only come across across that in some transcriptions on Ancestry, but when I check the images, all the ones I've come across actually say Newport M. Given the inaccuracies that occur in these transcriptions (such as registration districts listed as being in the wrong county, eg Newport Glamorganshire or even Radnorshire ) I have always assumed that Newport Market is a mistake written by someone who didn't know better.

There are at least 61,000 in Ancestry's marriage database including-

Ancestry marriage transcription

Name: George R Lowe
Spouse Surname: Gough
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1929
Registration district: Newport Market
Inferred County: Glamorgan, Gwent, Monmouthshire
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 520

Actual image says Newport M. :-)

FreeBMD has it as

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
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Marriages Dec 1929 (>99%)
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Berry Daphne M Earl Newport M 11a 520
EARL Harvey Berry Newport M 11a 520
Gough Gwendoline Lowe Newport M. 11a 520
Lowe George R Gough Newport M. 11a 520

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