Gardden Woods is known locally as ‘Rocky Woods’ because of the three old sandstone quarries, which supplied stone to North Wales, Lancashire and Cheshire until 1952.
Devil’s Bridge
The famous ‘Devil’s Bridge’ over the river in Rocky Woods was a notorious spot for suicides in the 18th Century.
Source: Pics Graham Lloyd; Text Wat’s Dyke Trail.
Firemen battled for two hours during the early hours of Bonfire Night to stop a fire spreading to farm buildings. The blaze was one of the biggest in the area for a number of years [more]
Plas Newydd, Ruabon. The earliest written reference found to Plas Newydd is a Wynnstay document dated 10 February 1464/5, with the names of John, son of Elys Eyton and Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Calverley, Kt.28 [more]
NANT Y BELAN TOWER WYNNSTAY PARK RUABON. Most will know the Williams Wynn family were once one of the largest land owners of North Wales and Shropshire, the main Estate that is situated in Ruabon [more]
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