Hillfort Excavations North East Wales has around 30 hillforts, predominantly dating to the Iron Age period, c 800 BC to c 43AD, although some have earlier origins and some are
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Graianrhyd School
THE HISTORY OF GRAIANRHYD SCHOOL by Dr Meurig Owen Thomas This is an article by myself, a former pupil of Graianrhyd School, based on minutes of the School Managers, dating
CEFN MAWR MUSEUM
Cefn Mawr Community Museum was opened on Friday 28 November 2014 by Ken Skates AM, Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, and is a partnership between Cefn Mawr Historical
Bryn Gwyn and the Lead Mines of the Alyn Valley
To the passer-by ‘Bryn Gwyn’ appears as a ‘lovely old cottage’. They are unaware that the traditional lime washed house they are looking at was at the centre of lead
Deeside and District Local History Society
The Deeside and District Local History Society, which started after the local WEA course run by Paul Brighton ceased in 2014, wanted to continue with examining the local history
The Ceiriog Memorial Instititute /Neuadd Goffa Ceiriog
Most of you reading this will have heard of the ‘Stiwt’ in Rhos, but not too many are familiar with another Institute just a few miles away, this one being
Gladstone’s Library
Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden Gladstone’s Library was founded in 1889 by William Ewart Gladstone (1809–98). Four times Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer for thirteen years and in Parliament for over
John Wilkinson, Ironmaster and Brymbo’s development
The renowned Bersham Ironworks is in decline. It is now too small; the always limited supplies of coal and ironstone are getting scarcer and Bersham’s great Ironmaster, John Wilkinson (aka
North Wales Miners Association Trust
In 2010, the Mines Rescue Station, Maesgwyn Road, Wrexham was nominated for listed status. During the consultation period, the then owner decided to pre-empt the listing by sending in bulldozers
Buckley – Industries of Yesteryear
Potteries, Brickworks and Collieries powered the engine of the town’s prosperity and fashioned the Buckley landscape. These industries have been determined by a corridor of clay and coal which runs