Throughout Queen Victoria's reign
transport in rural areas depended on the horse.
The wealthy could travel in their own carriages while others could pay
to travel on the stage coaches. Few
working people could afford this and so they could only travel as far
as they could walk.
Although the Montgomery
Canal did not actually come to the town it was close enough
to be a valuable transport link.
By the middle of Queen Victoria's reign, the railway
came to the area in the form of the railway down the Severn valley. Gradually
travelling outside the area began to be within the grasp of more working
people.
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