Newtown, Powys
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Newtown is a town in Powys, Wales. It lies on the River Severn in the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It was designated a new town in 1967 a
Newtown town centre
Newtown street scene c.1890
Newtown Town Council offices
Aerial view of Newtown
Robert Owen
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Robert Owen was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, political philosopher and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement. He strove to improve factory
Newtown, Powys
…character. Its 2001 population of 10,780 rose to 11,357 in the 2011 census, and rose again to 11,362 in the 2021 census. Newtown was the birthplace of Robert Owen in 1771, whose house stood on the present site of the HSBC Bank. The town has a theatre, Theatr Hafren, and a public gallery, Oriel Davies, displaying…
Portrait by William Henry Brooke, 1834
Baptism record of Owen in the Newtown Anglican Parish Register
Robert Owen's house in New Lanark, Scotland.
Truck system of payment by order of Robert Owen and Benj Woolfield, National Equitable Labour Exchange, 22 July 1833.