A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Newtown.-- parl. bor., market town, and par., Montgomeryshire, on river Severn, 7 ½ miles SW. of Montgomery and 188 from London by rail - town and par., 2736 ac., pop. 4279; bor. (comprising Newtown par., and part of Llanllwchaiarn par.), 6836 ac., pop. 6974; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. Tre-Newydd is the Welsh name of the town, which is the chief seat of the Welsh flannel mfr., a trade which has fallen off considerably in the district, and is being superseded by mfrs. of tweeds, shawls, &c. Newtown is one of the Montgomery District of Parliamentary Boroughs, which returns 1 member.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parliamentary borough" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Newtown AP/CP Montgomeryshire AncC |
| Place: | Newtown |
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