NEWPORT, a market-town of the county of Salop, in the hundred of South Bradford, 140 miles from London. It is situated upon a plain on the borders of Staffordshire, and has a market, which is held on Saturday. The population amounted in 1801 to 2307, in 1811 to 2114, in 1821 to 2343, and in 1831 to 2745.