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ish svenska اردو 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikivoyage wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 52 30 48 n 3 18 51 w 52 5132 n 3 3141 w 52 5132 3 3141 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia town in mid wales human settlement in wales newtown welsh y drenewydd newtown town centre newtown location within powys population 11 362 2021 os grid reference so115915 community newtown and llanllwchaiarn 1 principal area powys preserved county powys country wales sovereign state united kingdom post town newtown postcode district sy16 dialling code 01686 police dyfed powys fire mid and west wales ambulance welsh uk parliament montgomeryshire and glyndŵr senedd cymru welsh parliament gwynedd maldwyn website www newtown org uk list of places uk wales powys 52 30 48 n 3 18 51 w 52 5132 n 3 3141 w 52 5132 3 3141 newtown welsh y drenewydd 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 and saw population growth as firms settled changing its market town 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 2 3 newtown was the birthplace of robert owen in 1771 4 whose house stood on the present site of the hsbc bank citation needed the town has a theatre theatr hafren 5 and a public gallery oriel davies displaying contemporary arts and crafts 6 it is the largest town in powys and mid wales toponymy edit the ancient parish and commote are named cedewain and newtown was home to a llan dedicated to st mary as such the first recorded name for the town was llanfair yng nghedewain 7 both the modern english name newtown and its latin variant nova villa first appear in the thirteenth century following the norman invasion of wales robert owen stated that the name was adopted to distinguish the town from the older centre of norman power in powys at caersws 8 the ancient welsh name continued in use until the modern era tudur owen cy noted that the modern welsh name appears with the definite article as y drênewydd owen stated that this was influenced by newtown s status as one of only two new towns in wales proposed by john silkin in 1949 9 10 history edit foundation edit during the early medieval period a hamlet named llanfair yng nghedewain lay within the area that is now newtown 11 its original welsh name is derived from being situated near a river severn ford below the long bridge and close to the church of st mary in bettws cedewain 12 the area came to the attention of the english crown in the 13th century when llywelyn ap gruffudd prince of wales created a new administrative centre welsh cantref at dolforwyn castle near abermule following the treaty of montgomery between himself and henry iii llywelyn had the castle built to consolidate the land he had been given according to the treaty however it was not long after the death of henry iii in 1272 that tension arose with the english at their outpost of montgomery castle in the welsh marches this led edward i to seize and capture dolforwyn castle in 1277 he then granted llywelyn s lands to the powerful marcher lord roger mortimer who transferred the administration of the cantref of cedewain and the commote of ceri from dolforwyn castle to a new settlement he planned to build further down the valley at newtown the town s market charter was granted in 1279 13 14 with the subjugation of the welsh completed by 1282 newtown was developed as an english plantation town as part of edward i s policy known as the ring of iron 14 industrialisation edit newtown street scene c 1890 the town grew in the 18th and 19th centuries around the textile and flannel industry stimulated by completion of the montgomeryshire canal in 1838 the town saw wales s first chartist demonstration the cambrian mills opened in 1856 were the first steam driven mills in newtown 15 the mills stood beside the canal terminus on the east bank of the severn 16 they expanded to become the largest of the welsh woollen mills 15 however by the end of the 19th century the newtown mills were no longer competitive with those in the north of england 15 there was a disastrous fire in 1910 and another in 1912 after which the cambrian mills were not rebuilt 16 thereafter newtown was no longer an important centre of the woollen industry and many workers moved elsewhere 17 newtown hosted the national eisteddfod in 1965 in 1967 the town was designated a new town it saw a large population growth as firms and people settled changing its rural market town character population edit the population of newtown in 2001 was 10 780 and increased to 11 347 in 2011 the census of 2021 recorded 11 362 people 2 governance edit newtown town council offices there are two tiers of local government covering newtown at community town and county level newtown and llanllwchaiarn town council often abbreviated to newtown town council and powys county council 18 the two parishes of newtown and llanllwchaiarn were governed by a single local board from 1866 19 such local boards became urban district councils under the local government act 1894 and the newtown and llanllwchaiarn urban district council went on to govern the town from 1894 until 1974 20 in 1974 all urban districts were abolished under the local government act 1972 with most of newtown and llanllwchaiarn urban district council s functions passing to montgomeryshire district council at the same time a community was established covering the area of the former urban district with its council taking the name newtown and llanllwchaiarn town council 21 further local government reorganisation took place across wales in 1996 when montgomeryshire district council was abolished and its functions passed to powys county council 22 the town council has 16 elected members serving five year terms and employs a staff of about ten 23 it deals mainly with green spaces and public facilities and as a representative voice for newtown the council chair or mayor elected by the councillors has been councillor john byrne since may 2022 the community is represented on powys county council by five county councillors each representing a ward newtown central newtown east newtown llanllwchaiarn west newtown llanllwchaiarn west and newtown south 21 geography edit aerial view of newtown newtown lies about 8 miles 13 km from the wales england border in the narrow valley of the river severn which restricts development north and south of the town it is surrounded by small villages often referred to collectively as the newtown area the newtown post town area including the villages has a population approaching 16 000 citation needed the villages include aberhafesp adfa bettws cedewain bwlch y ffridd cefn gwyn dolfor glanmule kerry llanllwchaiarn llanwyddelan mochdre new mills pentre rhydlydan sarn and tregynon 24 buildings and monuments edit the baptist chapel built by pryce pryce jones the pryce jones royal welsh warehouse remains the tallest building in newtown the two towering structures housed the world s first mail order service depot 25 bear lanes the town s main shopping centre has a tudor style entrance the building was once a hotel the bear which contributes to the centre s appearance today the robert owen museum is on the ground floor of the council offices in brisco house broad street 26 a statue of robert owen was erected in 1956 in a park off shortbridge street and gas street a replica of this was later erected in manchester 27 the free library building designed by the architect frank shayler of shrewsbury was built in 1902 the baptist chapel dating from 1881 is a fine example of nonconformist architecture from that period the back lane drill hall was completed in 1897 28 theatres museums and galleries edit the hafren theatre the hafren a 555 seat theatre venue 5 home of mid wales opera powys theatre home of the newtown amateur dramatic society 29 robert owen museum newtown textile museum welsh amgueddfa wehyddu r drenewydd which is open during the summer months 30 w h smith museum above the shop 31 oriel davies largest visual arts venue in the region 6 transport edit newtown s station is on the cambrian line served by transport for wales trains run about once in two hours local bus services in and around the town are operated by local privately owned companies tanat valley coaches minsterley motors and owen s travelmaster newtown has one national express bus per day in each direction to aberystwyth and to london newtown has one trawscymru route to cardiff and a trawscymru connect to machynlleth and to wrexham two major roads meet at newtown the a483 from swansea to chester and the a489 from machynlleth to craven arms the bypass to the south of newtown opened on 14 february 2019 having been planned since 1949 32 the montgomery canal terminated in newtown after its closure in 1944 the newtown section was sold for building land but it gave its name to canal road and lower canal road twin towns and sister cities edit newtown is twinned with les herbiers in pays de la loire france notable people edit robert owen 1834 main category people from newtown powys robert owen 1771 1858 social reformer and a founder of utopian socialism and the co operative movement 33 john bentley 1822 1894 member of the wisconsin state assembly james trow 1826 1892 an ontario businessman and politician pryce pryce jones 1834 1920 mail order entrepreneur born at llanllwchaiarn nearby air commodore ernest norton 1893 1966 raf officer and flying ace in ww1 geraint goodwin 1903 1941 novelist and short story writer in english born in llanllwchaiarn near newtown sport edit william pryce jones 1867 1949 and brother albert pryce jones 1870 1946 welsh international footballers george latham 1881 1939 international footballer harry beadles 1897 1958 welsh international footballer born in llanllwchaiarn near newtown james crisp 1927 2005 cricketer barry hoban 1940 2025 professional cyclist with several stage wins in the tour de france philip parkin born 1961 professional golfer and commentator phil mills born 1963 world rally championship winning co driver sports edit newtown a f c is newtown s association football club and a founding member of the welsh premier league in 1992 the club was founded in 1875 as newtown white stars and won the welsh fa cup in 1879 and 1895 34 it also entered the qualifying stages of the uefa cup on three occasions the club plays at latham park this has a capacity of 5 000 1 750 seated and a full uefa licence allowing under 21 international games and european games to be played in 2007 another 250 seat stand was built next to the media gantry further developments are planned 35 in the past newtown had several clubs playing in local leagues including newtown wanderers newtown rovers newtown rangers and maesyrhandir and the town also had its own sunday league 36 37 they have all since folded and as of march 2026 newtown afc is the only senior football club in the town newtown rfc is the town s rugby union club established in 1925 it currently fields first second third youth and junior teams 38 newtown has facilities for lawn bowls 39 cricket 40 golf 41 and for tennis 42 a basketball club the newtown titans was set up in 2005 before being reconstituted as mid wales basketball club in 2009 43 education edit the newtown schools are ysgol robert owen special needs ysgol calon y dderwen 4 11 ysgol dafydd llwyd 4 11 st mary s 4 11 penygloddfa 4 11 maesyrhandir 4 11 treowen 4 11 and newtown high school and sixth form 11 18 the last recently received an outstanding estyn inspection report in october 2015 praising many features including teacher sixth form pupil relations and school support for a wide range of post 16 vocational and academic subjects as of 2011 it was proposed that newtown high school along with several other schools in powys should merge with another county high school as part of powys county council s secondary school and post 16 modernisation programme 44 references edit newtown 1 2 city population site retrieved 8 october 2020 uk census 2011 local area report newtown bua w37000100 nomis office for national statistics retrieved 17 november 2021 biography online robert owen biography accessed on 31 january 2025 1 2 theatre site retrieved 15 september 2018 1 2 gallery site retrieved 15 september 2018 owen robert 1896 collections historical archaeological relating to montgomeryshire and its borders the club pp 86 87 retrieved 26 november 2024 owen robert 1896 collections historical archaeological relating to montgomeryshire and its borders the club p 86 retrieved 26 november 2024 mills a d 2003 a dictionary of british place names oxford oxford university press isbn 9780198527589 owen tudur 26 november 2024 why is newtown called newtown y drenewydd tudur owen what s in a name s4c youtube retrieved 26 november 2024 recorded name newtown llanfair yn nghedewain newtown historicplacenames rcahmw gov uk retrieved 7 september 2023 jones d november 2007 old town newtown about wales civic trust for wales newtown www britannica com retrieved 7 september 2023 1 2 newtown britainexpress com retrieved 7 september 2023 1 2 3 newtown local history group 28 february 2014 newtown through time amberley publishing limited p 144 isbn 978 1 4456 1701 5 retrieved 31 march 2016 1 2 waiters mark march 2003 an historical and archaeological study of the industrial heritage of newtown powys mid wales clwyd powys archaeological trust curatorial section p 16 retrieved 31 march 2016 cowey carolyn 2016 pryce jones pioneer of the mail order industry bbc retrieved 31 march 2016 newtown and llanllwchaiarn town council retrieved 30 september 2022 newtown town council no 23137 the london gazette 13 july 1866 p 3986 newtown and llanllwchaearn urban district a vision of britain through time gb historical gis university of portsmouth retrieved 30 september 2021 1 2 election maps ordnance survey retrieved 27 august 2018 local government wales act 1994 legislation gov uk the national archives 1994 c 19 retrieved 30 september 2022 town council information sy16 postcode information pryce jones and the royal welsh warehouse archived from the original on 11 november 2013 retrieved 11 november 2013 penrose naomi 8 march 2017 plans to transform newtown council hq shropshire star retrieved 18 september 2018 official site retrieved 15 september 2018 newtown the drill hall project retrieved 21 august 2017 society site retrieved 15 september 2018 newtown textile museum accessed on 29 january 2026 lonely planet retrieved 15 september 2018 town s bypass opens ...