February 2019 – Wrexham History

Thomas ROBERTS – Sawyer at Erddig

by Jill Burton. Thomas was born in 1834 in Wrexham, the son of William (farm Labourer) and Jane Roberts. He began work as Sawyer at Erddig in about 1858. He would have worked in the [more] [more]

Thomas & Ann Rowland

by Annette Edwards. Frances Stocker was born about 1790 in Marchwiel, she was the daughter of David Stocker and Margaret Evans. On 24 August 1815, the North Wales Gazette published an article about the Meeting [more] [more]

George ROBERTS – Erddig Under Gardener

by Jill Burton. George was born in 1859 in Erbistock, the son of an agricultural labourer. On the 1881 census he was a lodger in Bersham and working as a railway plate layer. He also [more] [more]

Henry LEECE and Family – Bakers and Confectioners

Henry Leece was baptised on 11 August 1811 at Kirk German, Isle of Man, he was the son of John Leece and Elizabeth Quay. He made his way to Liverpool where he married Ellen Kirkham, [more] [more]

The GRAHAM Family

THE GRAHAM FAMILY Matthew Graham was born about 1834 in Scotland, and by 1871 he was living in New Ferry, Bebingon where he was working as a coachman. His wife was Helen Connell who also [more] [more]

Frederick George FRASER – A Wrexham Jeweller

FREDERICK GEORGE FRASER 1827 – 1890 ROSINA FRASER 1836 – 1924 Frederick was born in Chelsea in 1827; he was the son of James Thomas Fraser a gardener and Margaret Preston. His father died in [more] [more]

Josiah HAGUE

JOSIAH HAGUE 1833 – 1904 CATHERINE HAGUE 1833 – 1901 Josiah Hague was born in Northop about 1883 his father Daniel was a lead miner and his mother was Elizabeth, in 1841 there were Josiah [more] [more]

Marchwiel Station

Marchwiel railway station was a station in Marchwiel, Wrexham. The station was opened on 2 November 1895 and closed on 10 September 1962. Preceding Station/Halt Following Station/Halt (coming soon) Back to Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway. [more]

Dee River Crossing

The Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway. At 45m the lattice bridge spanned the River Dee near to Overton On Dee carrying the Wrexham Central to Ellesmere Railway. It was dismantled following the closure of the line [more]

Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway

The Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway originally ran from Wrexham Central Station, to Ellesmere Station in Shropshire, England. The line first opened in 1895 and closed in 1962. The section between Wrexham Central and Abenbury was [more]