A grainy photograph looking towards Church Street from outside the old Town Hall, Wrexham 1939.
Source: Tom Farrell collection, Aberystwyth.
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Looking towards Church Street, Wrexham 1939
1900s
New ‘Steamer’ engine averted major disaster when the Public Hall was gutted in 1907
One of the most disastrous fires ever experienced in Wrexham happened in 1907, when the Public Hall was gutted. Later the Hippodrome occupied the site. The Public Hall formed only the centre of a block [more]
1700s
Erddig Castle and Motte, Wrexham.
Erddig Castle is a late 11th century earthwork motte and bailey fortress, which was probably founded by Hugh de Avranches, earl of Chester. A bluff above the confluence of the River Clywedog and the Black [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]