Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, is a flax mill located in Ditherington, a suburb of Shrewsbury, England. It was the first iron-framed building in the world and has been described as "the grandfather of skyscrapers".Photo: Tk420, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Construction
- Description: Grade I listed factory in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ditherington Flax Mill”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shrewsbury Castle and Shrewsbury railway station.
Shrewsbury Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It stands on a hill in the neck of the meander of the River Severn on which the town originally developed. Shrewsbury Castle is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings.
Shrewsbury railway station
Railway station
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Shrewsbury railway station serves the town of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England. Built in 1848, it was designated a grade II listed building in 1969. Many services starting at or passing through the station are bound for Wales, and it is a key hub for its operator, Transport for Wales; services are also provided by West Midlands Railway. Shrewsbury railway station is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings.
Shrewsbury Abbey
Church
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross is an ancient foundation in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The Abbey was founded in 1083 as a Benedictine monastery by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery. Shrewsbury Abbey is situated 1 mile south of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ditherington and Heathgates.
Ditherington
Suburb
Ditherington is a suburb of the town of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. It is the fourth most deprived ward in the Shropshire unitary authority area.
Heathgates
Suburb
Shrewsbury is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, 33 miles northwest of Wolverhampton, 15 miles west of Telford, 31 miles southeast of Wrexham and 53 miles north of Hereford.
Coton Hill
Suburb
Coton Hill is a suburb of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The River Severn flows to the west, and Bagley Brook, the original river bed of the Severn, to the east.
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings
- Category: factory
- Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.71996° or 52° 43′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.74294° or 2° 44′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C4VP794+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 49358971OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=constructionWikidata ID
Q1839955
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ditherington Flax Mill”
- German: “Ditherington Flax Mill”
- Hebrew: “טחנת פשתן דיתרינגטון”
- Italian: “Ditherington Flax Mill”
- Japanese: “ディザーリントン・フラックス・ミル”
- Japanese: “ディザリントンの亜麻工場”
- Portuguese: “Ditherington Flax Mill”
- Spanish: “Ditherington Flax Mill”
- Spanish: “Molino de Lino de Ditherington”
- Swedish: “Ditherington Flax Mill”
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