1800s
An account of Wrexham in 1833
WREXHAM, a market-town and parish and head of a union, chiefly in the hundred of BROMFIELD, county of DENBIGH, but partly in the hundred of MAELOR, county of FLINT, NORTH WALES, 24 miles (S. E. [more]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Cobden Mill Enamelled Matchbox
The illustration on this enamelled match box is of Cobden Mill on Watery Road adjacent to the railway line in Wrexham. The mill was built after the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 and [more]
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Station Road, Wrexham Postcard
A postcard of Station Road, Wrexham renamed Regent Street. Source: Postcard.
1800s
Overton Arcade in the 19th Century
William Overton was born in Wrexham in 1813, he was the son of William Overton and Elizabeth Parry (widow of John Parry, maltster). His father was a grocer in Charles Street and also a church [more]
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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]