Description: The town of Newtown in mid Wales is situated on the banks of the River Severn and dates from the 13th century - in 1279, King Edward I issued a charter allowing Newtown to hold a market on Tuesdays, a tradition that still continues.
The town of Newtown in mid Wales is situated on the banks of the River Severn and dates from the 13th century - in 1279, King Edward I issued a charter allowing Newtown to hold a market on Tuesdays, a tradition that still continues. The booming textile industry in later centuries led to a period of industrial and population growth but it subsequently declined.
Newtown can claim to be the home of the world’s first mail order company – The Royal Welsh Warehouse, established by Pryce Jones in the 1850s. He could boast Florence Nightingale, Queen Victoria, the Princess of Wales and royal households across Europe among his numerous customers. He sold Welsh flannel to America and Australia and one of his products included an all-in-one rug, shawl, blanket and pillow which was used extensively by German troops during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 and which later bec
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