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Wrexham Rural District
Wrexham was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 and 1974. The rural district took over the existing Wrexham Rural Sanitary District. It consisted of the following civil parishes: * Abenbury * Acton† * Allington *Bersham * Bieston * Borras Hwfa† * Borras Riffri† * Broughton * Brymbo * Burton * Cefn: created 1895, from part of Ruabon * Dutton Cacca * Dutton Diffeith * Dutton y Brain *Erbistock * Erddig * Erlas * Esclusham Above * Esclusham Below * Eyton† * Gourton† * Gresford * Gwersyllt * Holt * Llay *Marchwiel *Minera * Pen y Cae: created 1895 from part of Ruabon * Pickhill† * Ruabon * Rhosllannerchrugog: created 1895 from part of Ruabon * Ridley *Royton† * Sesswick† *Stansty† *Sutton The parishes marked † were abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, and their areas redistributed to other parishes in the rural district and to the borough of Wrexham. at the same time the district wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural District
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Administrative county, administrative counties.__TOC__ England and Wales In England and Wales they were created in 1894 (by the Local Government Act 1894) along with Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban districts. They replaced the earlier system of sanitary districts (themselves based on poor law unions, but not replacing them). Rural districts had elected rural district councils (RDCs), which inherited the functions of the earlier sanitary districts, but also had wider authority over matters such as local planning, council house, council housing, and playgrounds and cemeteries. Matters such as education and major roads were the responsibility of county councils. Until 1930 the rural district councillors were also poor law gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutton Cacca
Dutton may refer to: Places ;In Canada *Dutton/Dunwich, Ontario, town and municipality in Canada *Dutton, Ontario ;In the United Kingdom *Dutton, Cheshire, village in England *Dutton, Lancashire, village in England ;In the United States *Dutton, Alabama, town * Dutton, Illinois, ghost town * Dutton, Michigan *Dutton, Montana, town in the United States * Dutton, Nevada, ghost town *Mount Dutton, Alaska ;In Australia *Dutton, South Australia *Mount Dutton Bay Conservation Park People with the surname *Brian Dutton (born 1985), English footballer * Charles Boydell Dutton (1834–1904), pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia *Charles Christian Dutton (died 1842), South Australian pioneer, uncle of C. B. Dutton, disappeared presumed murdered *Charles S. Dutton (born 1951), American actor *Clarence Dutton (1841–1912), American geologist and US Army officer *Denis Dutton (1944–2010), philosopher *Edward Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne (1831–1919), British peer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llay
Llay ( cy, Llai; meaning meadow; ) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It borders several other villages including Gwersyllt and Gresford. At the 2001 Census, the total population of the community of Llay, including Llay village, was 4,905, reducing to 4,814 at the 2011 Census. Prior to the 1960s, Llay was a coal mining village. Llay Main Colliery, at one time the largest colliery in Wales and after 1952 the deepest pit in the UK, was a major employer for the area before its coal reserves were exhausted in 1966.Llay Main Colliery BBC North East Wales History Llay first appears in mediaeval records as a - a small settlement wit ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holt, Wales
Holt is a medieval market town and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is situated on the border with England and in the historic county of Denbighshire. Holt Castle was begun by Edward I shortly after the English invasion of Wales in 1277. Farndon lies just over the River Dee. Etymology The Old English word ' meant a "wood" or "thicket" and is a common element in place names over the border in England. Welsh uses the same name for the town but in the past, it included the definite article, appearing as '. Area The district has been occupied since at least the Roman period. A brickworks (possibly called Bovium) supplied clay tiles and pottery to the Roman fort of Deva Victrix, eight miles away (modern Chester). The works was located just downstream from the modern town. In the early 20th century, six kilns, a bath house, sheds and barracks were found there on the banks of the River Dee. Three Bronze Age burial urns have also been found in Holt. Town There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwersyllt
Gwersyllt () is an urban village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The densely populated village is one of Wrexham's largest and is situated in the north western suburbs of the city, bordering the nearby villages of Llay, Cefn-y-Bedd, Brynteg, and Pentre Broughton. The community, also including the villages of Summerhill, Sydallt, Rhosrobin and Bradley, had a total population of 10,056 at the 2001 census,Gwersyllt Community , Office for National Statistics rising to 10,677 at the 2011 Census. The is usually stated to be derived from the |
Gresford
Gresford (; cy, Gresffordd ) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. According to the 2001 Census, the population of the community, which also includes the village of Marford, was 5,334, reducing to 5,010 at the 2011 census. The Grade I listed All Saints' Church, Gresford has been described as the finest parish church in Wales, and has the most surviving medieval stained glass of any Welsh church. Its bells are one of the traditional Seven Wonders of Wales. The former Gresford Colliery was the site of the Gresford disaster, one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters, when 266 men died in an underground explosion on 22 September 1934. History Located close to the England–Wales border with Cheshire, the settlement existed at the time of the compilation of the Domesday book, when it was recorded as "Gretford"Palmer, A. N. ''A History of Ancient Tenures of Land in North Wales and the Marches'', 1910, p.238 within the Cheshire Hundred of Duddestan; it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esclusham Below
Esclusham ( cy, Esclus or ''Esclys'') is a community and electoral ward in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The community includes the villages of Bersham, Rhostyllen, Aberoer, Llwyneinion and Pentre Bychan, as well as a number of smaller settlements, the park at Erddig, and an area of the Ruabon Moors west of Aber-oer known as Esclusham Mountain. The population of the community at the 2011 Census was 3,515. History The name is recorded as Esclesham or Esclusham as early as 1315, likely originating in a combination of the Old English personal name ''Æscel'' with ''ham'', "settlement"; the name is locally pronounced with stress on the second (middle) syllable, probably due to the influence of Welsh language stress patterns.''Nomina'', v. 11-13, 1987, 102 The old township of Esclusham, within the manor of Esclusham, was part of the historic Marcher Lordship of Bromfield and Yale. The ''Survey'' of topographer John Norden, carried out in 1620 within Bromfield and Yale, defined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esclusham Above
Esclusham ( cy, Esclus or ''Esclys'') is a community and electoral ward in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The community includes the villages of Bersham, Rhostyllen, Aberoer, Llwyneinion and Pentre Bychan, as well as a number of smaller settlements, the park at Erddig, and an area of the Ruabon Moors west of Aber-oer known as Esclusham Mountain. The population of the community at the 2011 Census was 3,515. History The name is recorded as Esclesham or Esclusham as early as 1315, likely originating in a combination of the Old English personal name ''Æscel'' with ''ham'', "settlement"; the name is locally pronounced with stress on the second (middle) syllable, probably due to the influence of Welsh language stress patterns.''Nomina'', v. 11-13, 1987, 102 The old township of Esclusham, within the manor of Esclusham, was part of the historic Marcher Lordship of Bromfield and Yale. The ''Survey'' of topographer John Norden, carried out in 1620 within Bromfield and Yale, defined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erddig
Erddig Hall ( cy, Neuadd Erddig; or simply Erddig; ) is a Grade-I listed National Trust property in Wrexham, Wales. Standing south of Wrexham city centre, it comprises a country house built during the 17th and 18th centuries amidst a 1,900 acre estate, which includes a 1,200-acre landscaped pleasure park and the earthworks of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle. Erddig has been described as 'the most evocative Upstairs Downstairs house in Britain' due to the well-rounded view it presents of the lifestyles of all of its occupants, both family and staff. The eccentric Yorke family had an unusual relationship with their staff and celebrated their servants in a large and unique collection of portraits and poems. This collection, coupled with well-preserved servants' rooms and an authentic laundry, bakehouse, sawmill, and smithy, provide an insight into how 18th to 20th century servants lived. The state rooms contain fine furniture, textiles and wallpapers and the fully restored wall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
