Last day of T. E. Roberts, King Street, Wrexham

by Jill Burton. George was born in 1859 in Erbistock, the son of an agricultural labourer. On the 1881 census he was a lodger in Bersham and working as a railway plate layer. He also [more] [more]

Margretta Elizabeth was the daughter of Jane Jones and Thomas Shaw who had married at St Giles on 1 January 1845.  Thomas Shaw was a grocer and living in Chester, his father was also Thomas [more]

Most large country house of Erddig’s age had their own chapel. The Erddig Chapel is first mentioned by John Loveday, a visitor to Erddig in 1726. He noted in his diary: ‘The Chapel is not [more]