Heritage Trail

Textile & Fashion Pioneer

David Davies (1818-1890) David Davies was born in Draintewion

Pioneer of infant education, social reforms and the co-operative movement.

Newtown’s great survivor the rare Black Poplar tree was

Calling all aspiring entrepreneurs between the ages of 16 and

Pioneer of the first international mail order business, his name became a trademark of Newtown

The Romani Gypsy harpist was born in 1816 and famed as the country’s leading performer on the Welsh triple harp

This building was erected as a free public library in 1903 on a site gifted by Mrs Frances Arbuthnot-Brisco

A wooden footbridge was built across the river some yards upstream of the present bridge in the early nineteenth century

The museum gives visitors a chance to see how the handloom weavers of the mid-19th century lived and worked

The Cross Buildings stand at the end of the High Street link at its junction with Broad Street

The Newtown branch of WH Smith at 24 High Street is a unique surprise among the company’s many shops.

In the 13th century King Edward I granted a charter to Roger Mortimer of Wigmore Castle to establish a new town

From about the fourteenth century the river was crossed at this point by a wooden bridge.

Following the rapid rise of the handloom weaving industry in Newtown