May 2018 – "Wrexham History"

In Memorium

ROOPER, William Victor Trevor – Gresford War Memorial

Captain ROOPER William Victor Trevor. Royal Flying Corps and Royal Welsh Fusiliers 24th Denbighshire Yeomanry Bn. Died 9 Oct 1917 Age 20. Born Chester, Cheshire, England. Son of Percy L & Alice Nancy Rooper, of Little Court, [more] [more]

Soames at All Saints Church Gresford

During the course of my research for my forthcoming book, I came upon an article that was published in the Wrexham Leader from 2011, in which a campaign was started to raise funds to restore [more] [more]

War Casualties at Wrexham Cemetery

World War One BAGNALL, Thomas BOAK, George CLIEVE, James Francis COURTNEY, F CUEL, Alfred DAVIES, John DAVIES, Thomas Philip DAVIES-BIRD, Albert DAWSON, H. Harold DUNN, Robert Henry William EDWARDS, H EVANS, E FINDLAY, George GALLAGHER, [more] [more]

Efel Inn, Trefonen

Location Trefonen (SJ259267) History [from R D Thomas] This was once a popular inn for miners and was located on the junction of Bellan Lane and Treflach Lane in Trefonen. Chartermasters, with men working at [more]

Penley Polish Hospital 1964

Rare documentary footage of the Polish Hospital at Penley. A unique community which ran like a transposed village from Poland before the war . . . one of many movies of this remarkable place filmed [more]

Twinning Wrexham – Märkischer Kreis, Germany – Racibórz, Poland

Wrexham County Borough is twinned with two European districts – Märkischer Kreis in Germany and Racibórz in Poland. Background to the Twinning The first Twinning was established on 17th March 1970 between the former Kreis [more]

Consecration of a new cemetery at Wrexham 1876

On Wednesday 8th July 1876, the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph consecrated the ecclesiastical portion of the new cemetery at Wrexham, the service in connection with the ceremony commencing at twelve o’clock noon. The handsome [more] [more]

Cefn War Memorial

Cefn War Memorial commemorates those local men and women who were killed in war. The memorial takes the form of a stone obelisk with slate tablets inscribed with gilt lettering and is located on Plaskynaston [more]