Looking up a bustling Hope Street ,Wrexham in 1962

The Edisbury family have been connected with the Wrexham area for centuries. Erddig Hall was  built about 1684 as a home for the High Sheriff of Denbighshire, Josiah Edisbury.  It was sold 30 years later [more]

Plas Acton was built about 1860 for John James who was one of the leading lawyers in the town. He was the son of Thomas James of Wem, Salop, who started the law partnership of [more]

HIGHGATE INN Penybryn, Wrexham. Once located opposite the Albion the Highgate dates from 1680, it was an Island Green Brewery house and was demolished in 1953. Edward Matthews of the Highgate Inn died 1859, also [more]