Bassaleg

Bassaleg (Welsh: Basaleg) is a village on the west side of Newport, Wales.

It is bounded by the A467 road (A4072) to the east, the railway spur to Lower Machen (the former Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway) to the north, the St Mellons Road (B4288) to the south and Rhiwderin to the east.

Historians have suggested that Bassaleg is the only British place whose name derives from the word basilica, a term used in early Christianity for a church containing the body of a saint.

[10] Bassaleg School is a notable local educational institution, known for its sporting and academic prowess.

Former students include: Bassaleg's earliest known inhabitant is Saint Gwladys, a hermit and wife of St. Gwynllyw or Woolos, who founded her own hermitage at Pencarnu, supposedly at a site at Pont Ebbw.

He was a well known promoter of poetry, and he was a friend to the famous Welsh bard, Dafydd ap Gwilym.