Biographies

Edward Eyland Rogers

ELIZABETH ANN ROGERS 1859 -1887 EDWARD EYLAND ROGERS 1847 -1895 Elizabeth Ann was the eldest daughter of John Bradshaw and Elizabeth Letts, she was born in 1859 in Wrexham, and her father was the Deputy [more]

Biographies

Emily Alderson

EMILY, THE BELOVED WIFE OF GEORGE ALDERSON, 1, MARKET STREET,  WHO DIED MAY 8, 1907. AGED 39 YEARS. ALSO ETHEL, THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE,  WHO DIED NOV 30, 1899. AGED 1 MONTH. Emily [more]

Coal Mining

New Broughton Colliery

The New Broughton Colliery was sunk by Thomas Clayton, of Brynmally Hall, in 1883 and was his most profitable venture. It remained in his possession until the turn of the century when it was taken [more]

Rhos

Village Praise from Rhos 1992

Presented by Pam Rhodes with the Rhos Male Voice Choir & the Rhos Orpheus Choir. Conducted by John Glyn Williams. Organist Haydn Bowen. Source: First published by BBC 1992. Shared with kind permission of the [more]

Chirk

Brynkinalt Colliery, Chirk

Sunk during the 1860s by a Mr Blakewell, an eminent mining engineer, who owned the Brynkinallt Coal Co Ltd.  The mine was purchased in 1893 by Mr William Young Craig (formerly the MP for North [more]

Bersham

Bersham Colliery 2013

Photographs of remnants at the Bersham Colliery site from a visit on 3rd August 2013. Source: Photographs by Graham Lloyd.

1900s

Queen Victoria’s Statue at Wrexham

At a meeting of the Wrexham Science and Art Committee in November 1903, the Chairman, Simon Jones, announced that Henry Price, a former pupil of the school, had been commissioned by Mr. Thorneycroft, R. A., [more]

Biographies

Alfred OWEN – Ironmonger 1834-1912

Alfred Owen was born in Shrewsbury about 1834, he was the son of Samuel Owen and Elizabeth Lambrook. In 1851 Alfred was with his family in Shrewsbury, he brothers Peter and Samuel H. His father [more]

Biographies

Christiana JONES 1863-1917

Christiana Evans was born in 1863 in Perthey which is just outside Ellesmere, Shropshire, she was the daughter of Joseph Evans and Sarah Davies. In 1871 the family were living in Ridge, which is also [more]