'Llanymynech' Trends

The Early Mines Research Group was formed in 1988 by a group of specialist mining historians, geologists, archaeologists and archaeo-metallurgists interested in researching the origins of metal mining in Britain.

Work of Thomas Penson the younger 1790 to 1859. Worked in Powys [Montgomeryshire] and Denbighshire. He was a prolific architect, designing bridges, churches, private houses, public buildings, schools, workhouses, barracks and pioneered the use of terracotta. His father and two sons were also architects.