Newtown
Newtown
This quiet little town has some historic and more recent associations, it was formerly home to mills that produced welsh flannel and exported it all over the world.
When this declined Pryce Jones, a mail order business started to flourish.
The founder of the co-op Robert Owen was born and died here he was also a leading socialist and a factory reformer.
Newtown was home to Laura Ashley who started her first shop in Carno a few miles away.
Activities in Newtown
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