Church Micro (nano) 961...St Mary's, Newtown Multi-Cache
Church Micro (nano) 961...St Mary's, Newtown
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Church Micro (Nano) 961...St Mary's, Newtown.
A small market town pop. 13,000, Newtown is set in the heart of the Montgomeryshire countryside on the banks of the River Severn. Designated an area of outstanding natural beauty it is rich in stunning landscapes and is one of the most beautiful areas in Wales. Newtown is over 700 years old.
St Mary's Church served as its parish church from the 13th to the 19th century, until it was abandoned due to flooding in the 1840s and replaced by St. David's. The low western tower is possibly 13th century although with later windows. There is a timber bell-stage.
The ruinous nave originally had a south aisle. There are two doors through the south wall and a piscina.
Inside is a mausoleum for the Price family of Newtown Hall and outside, the grave of Robert Owen (1771-1858) the social reformer who was born in Newtown and died at the Bear Hotel.
The monument is by Alfred Toft of 1902 with a portrait of Owen and labourers. It has railings in fine Art Nouveau ironwork.
Newtown's most famous son and father of the Co-operative Movement, Robert Owen was born in 1771. Apprenticed to a draper, he rose to be a factory manager and showed that it was possible to run a profitable business while treating his workers fairly. He provided them with good living and working conditions and education for their children.
In the first 40 years of the 19th century Newtown became a major centre of handloom weaving. There were 1200 handlooms in the town. An enterprising draper, with Queen Victoria as one of his customers, Pryce-Jones began the first ever mail order business and Welsh flannel went all over the world.
During the 1960's and just a few miles from Newtown, Laura Ashley and her husband Bernard expanded production of, what was to become, a world famous fabric, furnishings and fashion business. Laura Ashley continue to manufacture in and around Newtown to this day.
The co-ordinates are not for the cache but for the church. The final location for the nano cache is a short walk from the ruins of St Mary's and should give you a good view of the town and of Pryce-Jones's premises. Please bring a pencil.
The Church Tower was rebuilt, the walls renovated and the churchyard laid out as an open space in ABCD-EF by a committee. Number of initials that Mrs Powell has = G. Number of Lewises = H.
The cache can be found at: N52 CF.BE(D-A) w003 A(C+G+H).(C+E)E(G*H)
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