Biographies
James JONES – Printer of Wrexham
JAMES JONES was born in Wrexham about 1849 and was the son of Gomer Jones and Mary Jones who were both from Minera. Gomer was a book binder. The family moved from Holt Street to [more]
Month: July 2020
Biographies
William John CHESTERTON
WILLLIAM JOHN CHESTERTON was born in Hereford about 1839; he was the son of Edward Chesterton a Glover, and Harriet Farrington. A brother named George was born in 1841 and another son Edward in late [more]
Biographies
Edward HUGHES 1879-1905
Edward Hughes was born about 1879 in Wrexham; he was the son of Noah Hughes a tailor and Maria Jones. Noah had been born about 1841, his father Edward was also a tailor in Denbigh. [more]
Biographies
Charles MOORE 1852-1920
Charles Moore was born in Aldergate, Middlesex about 1852. At the age of 19 he was at the Cavalry Barracks in Maidstone, he travelled to Ireland with the Army and in 1877 he married Ellen [more]
1910s
Victoria School Memorial
Wrexham Victoria Council Schools. The above tablet in marble and brass in remembrance to those Old Boys of the above school who fell in the great war. It is a fitting mark to Mr. Chas. [more]
As it was!
Beyond the Beast Market
The streets off the Beast Market were home to a cluttered mix of housing, trade and industry. Behind Charles Street were the corporation’s original slaughterhouses, later replaced by new premises off Holt Road and the [more]
As it was!
New Wrexham Fairs
The northern side of Beast Market Street was still farmland when Norden made his survey in 1620. The town developed this way in the 17th and 18th centuries. The thatched building, with the dormer windows, [more]
As it was!
Wrexham Fire Brigade est. 1852
Fire was a major risk in all towns. The parish church was seriously damaged by fire in 1463 and Wrexham’s ‘great fire’ caused more damage in 1643. The first fire brigades were established in the [more]
1800s
The Town’s Cockpit in the early 18th century
In a former yard, behind the Lion Hotel and accessed from Chester Street, was the town’s cockpit. Cockfighting was probably the most important sport in the early 18th century. All classes gambled their money in [more]
As it was!
Kerrison & Son, gunsmiths’ and naturalists, Charles Street
On the south side of Charles Street at No.16, Kerrison & Son, gunsmiths’ and naturalists, kept their window shoppers entertained with their displays of taxidermy. At No.18 Alfred and James Fletcher were cobblers. Their shop [more]