It is said that the first rumblings of the Luddite Movement were felt in Anstey with thebreaking of the knitting
frames; the village had expanded rapidly to accommodate an influx of workers.
Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.
There was great rejoicing
when the new stone and iron
extensions were finally
erected in 1912, having first
been suggested by William
Scoresby the elder (1760-
1829) a hundred years
before
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