Chester Street
Presbyterian Chapel, Chester Street, Wrexham
Sources: Plans supplied by Martin Rees Jewellers, Chester Street;
Wrexham
50s
Clean Air Act of 1956
WREXHAM MAELOR BOROUGH COUNCIL CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956 The Borough of Wrexham Maelor (Area No. 4) Smoke Control Order 1976 Notice is hereby given that the Wrexham Maelor Borough Council in exercise of the powers [more]
People
George G. Lerry – First editor of the Wrexham Leader
BERTHA SCHREIBER was baptised on 8 August 1886 at St Mary`s Church, Bryanston Square, Westminster. Her parents were Eugene Schreiber and Ann Dyas, who ran a lodging house at 27 York Street, Marylebone. In 1890 [more]
1800s
The National Eisteddfod for 1876 at Wrexham
Page under construction – The long-anticipated Eisteddfod has passed into the domain of history, and, in fulfilment of our promise, we record some of its more prominent features and work. The pavilion, erected at a [more]
Biographies
William OWEN 1839-1890 – Red Lion, Chester Street
William Owen was born about 1839 in Erbistock, his father was also named William Owen, a farmer from Dudleston, and his mother Hannah was from Brymbo. The whole family came to Wrexham to live. On [more]
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]
As it was!
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]
As it was!
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]
As it was!
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]