Places

Chronology of Bryn Estyn Hall Wrexham

Up to 1783. Bryn Estyn (Bryn meaning, Hill. Estyn meaning, reach out, stretch, extend) was part of the estate of the Davies family of Erlas Hall, until Williams Kyffin of Maenan Hall married one of [more]

Hope Street

William SPENCER – Buck Inn, Wrexham

William Spencer had been born in Liverpool.  He was the son of Spencer a joiner. In 1855 he married Sarah Ann Jones also from Liverpool, she was the daughter of John Jones a carpenter. At [more]

People

Edward JUDSON 1831-1889

Edward Judson was born in Trefonen, near Oswestry about 1831, he was the son of Richard Judson, a butcher.   On 28th September 1857 he married Maria Lee in Walton on the Hill, West Derby. Maria [more]

Breweries

Soames Family and Brewery

Arthur Soames, born 1816, stoke Newington, London, England, who married Anna Amelia Gilstrap, born 1823, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. Their marriage took place on May 27th, 1852 in Newark. They lived in Waltham Old Hall near [more]

Biographies

Henry Allen Jones

HENRY ALLEN JONES 1846 – 1898 HENRY ALLEN JONES 1877 – 1951 Henry Allen Jones senior had been born about 1846 in Llangollen; he was the son of Edward Jones and Elizabeth. When Henry was [more]

As it was!

The YORKE Fountain

The River Gwenfro, was the “town brook”  it ran  through the bottom part of the town, at one time it was a clean and pleasant stretch of water – but over the years with all [more]