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A map of Wotton-under-Edge from 1946. New Mills, founded in 1810, prospered by supplying both sides in the Napoleonic wars but after a century of decline the mill was near to closing in 1981 when it was acquired by Renishaw plc. [10] Wotton-under-Edge Town Hall was substantially rebuilt in 1872. [11]
Wotton-under-Edge (1) Bishop’s Cleeve (1) ; new electoral division added in 1991 [ 4 ] Leckhampton with Up Hatherley (1) ; new electoral division added in 1991 [ 4 ]
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Gloucestershire with Wiltshire as a sub-region of the South West Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of South Cotswolds, resulting in a major reconfiguration of the ...
New Mills Town Hall (built 1871, clock tower added 1875). Now almost entirely in Derbyshire, New Mills straddled the historic county boundaries of Derbyshire and Cheshire. The traditional boundary was the River Goyt: [10] Low Leighton, Torr Top and Hide Bank were always in Derbyshire, but Torr Vale Road and all of Newtown were in Cheshire.
By 1900, he had taken over general management. He purchased Ellerncroft - a house in Wotton-under-Edge with a view over the river valley - from which he could establish each morning that work was underway by seeing smoke rising from the chimneys of the mills. [1] Following his father's death in 1917, he became Governing Director of the company. [1]
Renishaw plc is a British engineering company based in Wotton-under-Edge, England. The company's products include coordinate-measuring machines and machine tool products. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The Wotton-under-Edge Friendly Society continued to operate from offices in the building. [10] The assets of the corporation, including the town hall, were transferred to the newly formed Wotton-under-Edge Town Trust in 1890. [11]
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