Burial Ground – "Wrexham History"

Captain Arthur Henry Leslie Soames, MC, Légion d’Honneur

Arthur Henry Leslie Soames was born on the 20th May 1887 in Wrexham1. He was the son of Frederick William Soames and Julia Mary Soames. At the time of the 1891 census the family was [more]

Ordinary Seaman Z/6158 Reginald Eyton Griffiths

Reginald Eyton Griffiths was born on the 15th September 1900 in Liverpool, England1. On the 7th October he was baptised at St Chrysostom, Liverpool2. At the time of the 1901 census he was living in [more]

Captain Charles Eustace Fishbourne

Charles Eustace Fishbourne was born on the 15th January 1885 in Llandyssill, Montgomery, Wales. He was the son of Reverend Edward Alexander Fishbourne and Harriet Fishbourne. He was educated at St. George’s, Windsor, and Malvern [more]

Private 8576 Walter James Field

The birth of Walter James Field was registered in Aston, Warwickshire, which now falls under the city of Birmingham, in 18821/2/3. He enlisted into the army on 11th September 19144, and served with the 2nd [more]

Rifleman 107640 Thomas Beech Barton

Thomas Beech Barton was born in 1900 in Wrexham, Denbighshire. At the time of the 1901 census Thomas Beech Barton was residing in Grove Park, Wrexham. He was residing at the address with his father [more]

Quartermaster Sergeant 13079 William Barratt, MM, MSM

William Barratt was born on the 21st February 1890 in Wrexham, Wales 1. The 1891 Wales Census return further narrows down his place of birth as being Gwersyllt, Wrexham, Denbighshire. At the time of the [more]

Great War Graves at All Saints, Gresford

During the Great War it was the policy of the British Government not to repatriate servicemen who died on active service overseas, instead they were buried near to where they died. The only exceptions to [more]

St. Chad’s Church, Holt

The earliest documentary reference to the church is in 1379 but it is thought that it was established around the 1280s. Additions were made to the church and it was remodelled in the late 15th century [more] [more]

Dissenters Burial Ground, Rhosddu, Wrexham

Dissenters Burial Ground 1655

The Dissenters’ Burial Ground, Rhosddu Road, Wrexham, also called The Bun Hill Fields of North Eastern Wales. It is generally believed that it was laid out during the period of the Commonwealth and was acquired [more]

The Quakers Graveyard, Holt Street, Wrexham

History of the Society of Friends in Wrexham. (Quakers). The Friends resident in Wrexham determined to have a meeting house of their own. On April 7, 1708, accordingly, John James, a dyer, and Hannah Newton, [more]