Newport Market and Newport (General)

by essjay , Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 19:01 (4325 days ago) @ ianfhoyle

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 three Newport registration districts as far as I'm aware:
Newport M is Newport in Monmouthshire
Newport S is Newport in Shropshire
Newport Pagnell is in Buckinghamshire

and I've always assumed the M was to distinguish it from the other two.

Of course I could be quite wrong!