Saturday 8th October 2022 – “Wellington businessmen and the railway”
This talk by Neil Clarke will cover the work of a group of businessmen (John Slaney, wine and spirit merchant; Thomas Campbell Eyton, landowner and leading town improver; John Dickson, railway contractor and supplier; John Houlston, bookseller and travel agent; and John Barber, auctioneer and surveyor) who helped to promote and develop the railways in and around Wellington in the mid-19th century, and the social and economic impact this had on the area.
2.30 pm at The Gateway, Chester St, Shrewsbury, SY1 1NB
Shropshire Archaeology & History 