Elizabeth & Benjamin Wilding, taken at the back door of their two up / two down on Kings Mills Road, Hightown near to the Hightown Barracks. Exact year not known. Source: Kindly supplied by Geoff [more]
Wrexham Cemetery Entrance 1895
Annie Foulkes Annie Foulkes was the Principal Teacher between 1870 and 1872. Annie was born about 1843 in Mold and was the daughter of Thomas Foulkes born Halkyn who was a master mason and his [more]
At a meeting of the Sanitary, Sewage, and Farm Committee of the Wrexham Town Council, on Tuesday afternoon, there were present: Alderman W. E. Samuel (chairman), the Mayor (Councillor C. Murless), Alderman G. Lovan, Councillors [more]
In January 1876 the Duke of Westminster promised to become a guarantor for the sum of £100 for the Wrexham Art Exhibition which was to take place in August, and in March the same year [more]
Annie Foulkes was the first Principal Teacher, during her time at the school there was not very much of outside interest in the Log Books except for the usual day-to-day entries for the running of [more]
At some time around the month of April 1899, Constantine M’Glone, a labourer, became a lodger at the home of Anne Williams in Wrexham Road, Brymbo. After he had become a lodger, he started drinking [more]
During the Victorian era people who suffered dire financial hardship who had no one else to rely on had to take the drastic action of seeking the charity of their local Poor Law Union. This [more]
On Thursday 9th October 1879, John Smith and Thomas Bougham appeared before the Wrexham Court. They were both charged by Mr Ralph, the Master of the Wrexham Workhouse, with obtaining admission to the workhouse under [more]
On Monday 26th April 1875, Elizabeth Lewis, described in the court as a prostitute, found herself before the Wrexham Court charged with the offence of Vagrancy by Police Constable Rawlins. Elizabeth Lewis had been found [more]
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