Tag: Llanidloes and Newtown Railway

• David Davies (1818-1890) of Llandinam

  

  Industry, Faith, Infrastructure, and the Making of Modern Wales There are certain nineteenth-century Welshmen whose lives do more than illustrate personal success. They expose the structural transformation of a nation. David Davies of Llandinam belongs firmly in that category. Born in rural Montgomeryshire in 1818 and dying in 1890, Davies rose from sawyer and small…

  Antony David Davies

  25/02/2026

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• Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones (1834–1920)

  

  The Welsh Entrepreneur Who Engineered Distance from Newtown In the standard story of modern retail, innovation belongs to cities. Manchester industrialises production, London refines display, Liverpool masters distribution. Yet one of the most consequential changes in consumer life began not in a metropolis, but in Newtown, Montgomeryshire. From this small mid-Wales market town, Sir Pryce…

  Antony David Davies

  24/02/2026

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