A small selection of pictures taken 18th March 2010 around Penygardden Hall, Farm and Hill Fort.
Source: Graham Lloyd.
Around Penygardden in 2010
Coal Mining
Wynnstay Colliery, Ruabon
Wynnstay Colliery, Ruabon Wynnstay Colliery or The Green Pit. Ruabon. The New British Iron Company owned the colliery. The workings were ventilated by a split of the air at the extremity of the horse road [more]
People
Williams Wynn Story
The Williams Wynn family of the Wynnstay in Ruabon Emerged as one of WALES’s wealthiest families in the early 18th century, A status they were to retain for over 200yrs. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn was [more]
Industry
Henry Dyke Dennis and the Red Works
Henry Dyke Dennis was born in Bexhill Sussex England in 1864, his Father was Henry Dennis and mother Elizabeth Dennis, as Henry Dyke Dennis grew up into his 30’s he became a Mining & Civil [more]