 The town was located in Lesser Poland's Sandomierz Voivodeship, and its location helped wine, cattle and hops merchants, who would go with their goods to Sandomierz.In the 16th century, Szydłów emerged as a center of cloth-making.Also, tailors, bakers, shoemakers, iron smiths, saddle makers, sword makers and pot makers worked here, there also was a brewery.