Page under construction – The long-anticipated Eisteddfod has passed into the domain of history, and, in fulfilment of our promise, we record some of its more prominent features and work. The pavilion, erected at a [more]
William Owen was born about 1839 in Erbistock, his father was also named William Owen, a farmer from Dudleston, and his mother Hannah was from Brymbo. The whole family came to Wrexham to live. On [more]
Name Given name Born Died Buried Grave No. ADAMCZEWSKI STANISLAW 14/02/1897 01/03/1955 1955 1475 BLOTNICKI STANISLAW 17/07/1895 19/06/1955 1955 1478 BOGACZ LAKUB AGE 54 07/08/1955 1955 1479 CHACIEJ HENRYK 1894 24/03/1955 1955 1476 CZARNECKI KAROL [more]
Location Brymbo (SJ28495384) History The Works was built in 1792 by John Wilkinson to smelt ore from the Minera mines. Current remains Fumes from the furnaces were condensed for re-smelting in chambers at the base [more]
Thomas Leadbeater was born in Sandbach about 1808. The Leadbeater family and their many relations were clockmakers for generations in Cheshire. In 1838 he married Harriet Griffiths who was from Gresford. They were in Wrexham [more]
Thomas Bellis was born in Ruabon about 1831. He was the son of Thomas Bellis who was an Innkeeper, his mother was Mary, and both were from Ruabon. His elder brother Richard was a moulder [more]
William Jones was born about 1848 in Wrexham. In 1870 he married in Wrexham to Sarah Ann Dawe who was born in 1846 in Sheppey, Maidstone, Kent and was the daughter of Richard Dawe and [more]
EDWIN HARRISON was born in Hanmer in 1847, he was the son of Job Harrison from Holt and Mary Orford of Wrexham and had at least six siblings. As a child he lived in Bowens [more]
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