The main items smuggled in the 18th century were tea ... The government reduced the taxes on tea and other goods in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. As a result, smuggling declined as ...

It was north-east Wales which developed the greatest range of industries. By the late 18th century there were 19 metalworks at Holywell and 14 potteries at Buckley; Holywell and Mold had cotton ...