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".
- Construction
- …is also known as “Ditherington Flax Mill”
- Description: Grade I listed factory in Shropshire, England, UK
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shrewsbury Castle and Shrewsbury railway station.
Shrewsbury Castle
Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Shrewsbury Castle is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings.
Shrewsbury railway station
Railway station
Shrewsbury railway station serves the town of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England. Shrewsbury railway station is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings.
Shrewsbury Abbey
Church
The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross is an ancient… 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, in England.
Heathgates
Suburb
Shrewsbury is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England.
Coton Hill
Suburb
Coton Hill is a suburb of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings
- Category: factory
- Location
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Latitude
52.71996° or 52° 43′ 12″ north
Longitude
-2.74294° or 2° 44′ 35″ west
Open location code
9C4VP794+XR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=construction
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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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