WREXHAM (Welsh•Gwrecsam, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Wrighlesham)
, a market town and parliamentary and municipal See also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
of Denbighshire, N
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Wales, 11 m
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S.S.W. of Chester, with stations on the Great Western railway, and on the Great Central railway, 202 M. from London
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Pop
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(1901) 14,966
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" One of the seven wonders of Wales " is St Giles's See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
, of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, with a panelled tower of several stages erected between 15o6 and 1520, and containing ten famous bells cast (1726) by Rudhall; the interior is Decorated, and has two monuments by Roubilliac to the Myddletons
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Wrexham is the seat of the Roman Catholic bishop of Menevia, whose diocese includes all Wales except Glamorganshire
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The endowed free school was established in 1603
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The markets and fairs are good, and the ales, mills ( corn and paper) and tanneries locally famous
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Brymbo See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
, in the neighbourhood, is said to have been built from a design by Inigo See also: - JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
, as were probably Gwydyr chapel (1633) and the Conwy bridge (1636), both at Llanrwst
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Erddig Hall was noted for its Welsh MSS
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Near Wrexham, but in a detached portion of Flintshire, to the S.E., is Bangor-is-coed (Bangor yn Maelor), the site of the most ancient monastery in the kingdom, founded before 18o; some 1200 monks were slain here by 7Ethelfrith of Northumbria, who also spoiled the monastery
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Bangor-is-coed was probably Antoninus's Bovium, and the Banchorium of Richard of Cirencester
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Wrightesham was of Saxon origin, and lying E. of Offa's Dyke, was yet reckoned in Mercia
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It was given (with Bromfield and Yale, or Idl) by Edward I. to Earl Warenne
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