| St Harmon in 1866 | ||
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The map below shows St Harmon in
the year 1866, soon after the Mid-Wales
railway opened. |
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Victorian times most of the inhabitants worked
on the land as farmers, farm labourers, shepherds or farm servants. The shading on the map shows the shape of the rugged hills well. The sheep that grazed these hills gave the local people their living. |
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building of the railway down the Marteg valley connected this small community
with the great Victorian
railway network. This enabled farmers to send their products
to markets further off, and made personal travel much easier. Even after the coming of the railway though, St Harmon was still a scattered farming community. Unlike some of the small towns in Powys, this community was not greatly changed by the railway. (Look at the population graph for St Harmon to see how St Harmon's population changed in Victorian times). |
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