When ROBERT SHUKER COMBERBACH was listed in Pigots` Directory 1844 , the Lion House was being used as a hotel, it must have been a respectable place as many celebratory events were held there. Robert [more]
Annie Foulkes Annie Foulkes was the Principal Teacher between 1870 and 1872. Annie was born about 1843 in Mold and was the daughter of Thomas Foulkes born Halkyn who was a master mason and his [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]
Robert Turner was born about 1800 in London. By 1851 he was living in Wrexham Fechan with his wife Mary nee Andrews who was from Denbigh. He was a Spanish leather dresser, which meant he [more]
Thomas Parry married Mary Davies on 3 July 1893 at St Giles, he was a skinner living at 15 Trafalger Road, his father was Joseph Parry a labourer. Mary was the daughter of Edward Davies [more]
At first glance you would think 6 people are buried in this grave, but in fact there are only 3. James Griffiths was born in Pentre Broughton on 30 March 1875, he was the son [more]
“LORD THY WILL BE DONE”. Alexander George Davies was born in 1860 in Wrexham, he was the son of Edward Davies and Elizabeth Williams, his father was a joiner from Birkenhead and his mother was [more]
There is a small triangle of land at a road junction in the Sontley area just outside Wrexham, it`s been known as Reynold`s Grave for years . The legend surrounding it is that a notorious [more]
Annie Foulkes was the first Principal Teacher, during her time at the school there was not very much of outside interest in the Log Books except for the usual day-to-day entries for the running of [more]
John Botwood Barrett was born in 1842 in Wrexham, he was the son of Robert Barrett and Mary Davies. Robert was a painter and glazier who was born in Forden, Montgomeryshire, and Mary was from [more]
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