Llanidloes, Smithfield Street
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Llanidloes, Smithfield Street
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 13 Apr 2016
During the 17th and 18th centuries, weaving and flannel production developed in the town largely as a cottage industry and the local products were sent to market in Shrewsbury. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, Llanidloes was the largest producer in Montgomeryshire. Some of the three storey houses with brick facades of this period would have housed weaving lofts on the upper storey.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.446966
Longitude
-3.541199