Rhosddu

Wrexham Blacksmith’s

WILLIAM GEORGE STERRETT was born in Monmouthshire in 1872, his father was a tin plate worker from Scotland.  Changing his name to Willis , he moved to Gloucestershire where he found work as a whitesmith  [more]

Rhosddu

Sheep Stealing at Rhosddu, Wrexham 1873

At seven o’clock, on Friday 2nd May 1873, William Bell, a shepherd, employed by David Jones, a butcher trading from Wrexham High Street, went to check on the flock of sheep kept in a field [more]

Dissenters Burial Ground, Rhosddu, Wrexham
Burial Ground

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]

Dissenters Burial Ground, Rhosddu, Wrexham
Burial Ground

Dissenters Burial Ground, Rhosddu, Wrexham

Dissenters Burial Ground, Rhosddu Road, Wrexham. This ground was originally part of the common fields of Wrexham Regis and was for over two centuries used as a burial ground by Wrexham Dissenters. It was acquired [more]