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Wrexham Timeline from 43AD

09/09/2016

Wrexham Timeline – Click on the links for further information (where available). 43AD – 410AD Roman activity in Wrexham. Holt and Plas Coch were large farm settlements. The earliest mention of the town name, Wrexham [more]

The New Workhouse Infirmary 1838

27/07/2017

Wrexham Poor Law Union was formed on 30th March 1837. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians. Wrexham Union workhouse was built in 1838 at a site to the west of Wrexham [more]

Travellers Rest, Hightown, Wrexham in 1940

24/12/2016

Travellers Rest, Hightown, Wrexham in 1940

Cefn and Rhosymedre News 3rd May 1879

14/04/2017

Cefn and Rhosymedre News 3rd May 1879 THUNDERSTORM. A severe thunderstorm passed over here last Sunday afternoon, about four o’clock. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES. On Sunday, the anniversary sermons of the Primitive Methodists at Rhosymedre, were preached [more]

Coal Mining

Emrys Hughes shares memories of his days as a miner.

11/09/2016

Emrys Hughes shares memories of his days as a miner. Filmed at Bersham Colliery 29th September 2013 in the North Wales Miners Association Trust Ltd mobile museum. All communities have their stories to tell, but [more]

Coal Mining in Wrexham

28/12/2016

Coal Mining in Wrexham. WREXHAM’S industrial prosperity is founded largely on its mineral wealth and its coal resources in particular. The local story of coal mining goes back to the fifteenth century, although it was [more]

Private Davenport of Ruabon 1914

23/09/2016

Private Davenport, ready to leave for the Frontline 1914. A Ruabon resident pictured on Bridge Street. Just visible is The Vaults and the Roundhouse.

The Women’s Land Army In Pictures

29/09/2016

Following a request to show the women’s role during World War I, here is a selection of pictures. In Britain during the First World War, there was a shortage of farm labour as men were [more]