The Forum has received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to promote the history of the region through a hundred objects. These objects have been selected by local history groups to reflect what the communities of North East Wales think is most significant about the history and heritage of the region and its individual towns and villages. The objects are drawn from locations right across the region, spanning centuries of history and archaeology and relating to dozens of key themes, subjects, personalities and events. The collection combines artefacts of international significance with items of immense personal and local attachment. They are all loaded with important stories and collectively provide an outstanding demonstration of richness and diversity of the region’s heritage.
1 Early Stone 230,000 BC
2 Animal Bone 3000 BC
3 Axe Head 2500 BC
4 Burial Urn 2000-1500 BC
5 Gold Cape 1800 BC
6 Caergwrle Bowl 1000-800 BC
7 Razor Knife c. 1020-800 BC
8 Bronze Axe Head 1200-700 BC
9 Slingshot c. 450 BC
10 Fishing Weight 450 BC
11 Lead Ingot AD 74
12 Roman Tile AD 120-150
13 Medieval weapons c. C12th
14 1295 Denbigh Charter
15 Gunstone C13th – C15th
16 Iolo Goch poem 1380s
17 Arrowheads C13th – C17th
18 Ellis Gruffudd Chronicle
19 Cannon Ball c. 1646
20 WWI Trench Knife 1916
21 Pudding bomb small 1915
22 Munitions Factory ID 1915-17
23 air raid warning bell 1939-45
24 Evacuee label 1939-45
25 Fossil Forest 325-299 million years ago
26 Silver Shilling 1706
27 Copper Manillas 1776
28 Wilkinson Token 1787 & 1797
29 Potters Wheel 1890
30 Buckley Pottery 1750-1920s
31 Colliery Token 1898
32 Ship’s chains 1880s
33 Child’s Boot 1837
34 Pit Pony Bridle 1890-1968
35 Miner’s Embroidery 1928
36 Miner’s Tools C20th
37 Canary Cage C20th
38 Lead Mining Drill 1897-1987
39 Steel Cast 1796-1990
40 Patterned Tile 1903-56
41 Rayon Samples 1917-1980s
42 Woollen Samples 1944
43 Drinking Bottle early C20th
44 Peat Pattens 1850s – 2013
45 Cambriae_Typus_NLW (1) 1573
46 River Dee Map 1770
47 Chain link from Berwyn Chain Bridge 1817
48 Aqueduct Bolt 1805
49 Brick from Bridge 1897
50 Ship’s pulley block 1913
51 Coracle
52 Railway Lamp 1898-48
53 Railway Hammer 1872
54 Train Headboard 1992
55 Lifeboat Medal 1890
56 Hovercoach Postcard 1962
57 Wellington production line circa 1943
58 Airbus Rib 2018
59 Mostyn Deeds C14th
60 Bronington hoard C14th – C15th
61 Bronze Thimble C15th
62 Tudor Window 1550-1600
63 Acton Dog 1820
64 Beer Jar 1818-1914
65 Old Bottle 1825-early 1900s
66 Gladstone’s Axe 1808-98
67 Gladstone’s letter 1857
68 Welsh Football Cap 1881
69 Football Rattle 1864-1970s
70 Erddig photographs 1924
71 Straitjacket 1848-1995
72 Bathing Suit 1920s
73 Rhyl Souvineer 1900-14
74 Medicine Horn c. 1810
75 Branding Iron 1921
76 Jones Baler Sign 1942-61
77 Hazel Basket c. 1950
78 Willow Basket 1966
79 Foulkes Radio 1926
80 Monsanto Choir Record 1940s-50s
81 Stone Head 800 BC – AD 43
82 Medieval Grave Slab C14th
83 Medieval Manuscript C15th
84 Caerwys Silver Harp C16th
85 King James Bible 1611
86 Welsh Bible 1620
87 Pilgrim’s Crutch early C20th
88 Concealed Shoe C17th
89 Downing Bowl C18th
90 Phonograph 1910
91 Daniel Owen’s Scissors 1836-1895
92 Gee Printing Block 1808-2001
93 Smoking Hat late C19th
94 Jubilee Drawing 1857-2018
95 Eisteddfod Chair 1902
96 Eisteddfod Plate 1929
97 Urdd Banner 1922
98 1948 & 1949 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod programmes
