Rivulet Road and the gas tower.

by Jill Burton. William was born in 1855 in Ponciau (Philip Yorke II’s poem says he lived in Rhosllanerchrugog, but census tell us it was Ponciau.) His father William (1823-1885) came from Ellesmere, Shropshire, his [more] [more]

High Street, Wrexham 1913. On the far right were the offices of the Great Western Railway Company. On the left can be seen a branch of Phillips, tea merchants and grocers and lower down the [more]

Compared with today’s standards, the Victorian legal system can appear to be particularly harsh towards children living under difficult circumstances.  An example of this is one court case brought about due to four children running [more]