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Marchwiel
Marchwiel (; standardised: ) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is about 2 miles south-east of Wrexham city on the A525 road towards Bangor-on-Dee. The community has an area of 1,488 hectares and a population of 1,418 ( 2001 census), the population falling to 1,379 at the 2011 Census. There are several large country houses in the area including Marchwiel Hall, Bryn-y-grog, Old Sontley and Erddig Hall, now a National Trust property and a popular tourist attraction. The churchyard is the resting place of the penultimate owner of Erddig, Simon Yorke (1903-1966). The 19th century, Marchwiel Hall was acquired by Sir Alfred McAlpine, founder of Alfred McAlpine and son of 'Concrete' Bob McAlpine. In the Middle Ages there was a church at Marchwiel dedicated to Saint Deiniol. It was recorded in early times as ''Plwyf y Marchwiail'', "the parish of the saplings";''Archaeologia Cambrensis'', 1917, 308 this is sometimes taken to refer to the materials u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timaru
Timaru (; ) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to people, and is the largest urban area in South Canterbury, and the third-largest in the Canterbury Region overall, after Christchurch and Rolleston, New Zealand, Rolleston. The town is the seat of the Timaru District, which includes the surrounding rural area and the towns of Geraldine, New Zealand, Geraldine, Pleasant Point, New Zealand, Pleasant Point and Temuka, which combined have a total population of . Caroline Bay beach is a popular recreational area located close to Timaru's main centre, just to the north of the substantial port facilities. Beyond Caroline Bay, the industrial suburb of Washdyke is at a major junction with State Highway 8 (New Zealand), State Highway 8, the main route into the Mackenzie Basin, Mackenzie Country. This p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marchwiel Hall
Marchwiel Hall is a Grade II listed building in the village of Marchwiel, Wrexham County Borough in North Wales. History Marchwiel Hall was a seat of the Broughton family. By 1837, the house and estate was occupied by Townshend Mainwaring, who then moved to Galltfaenan Hall on his marriage. The current 1840s-built country house has five main reception rooms, a ballroom, and 12 bedrooms, with adjoining stables and outbuildings set on of estate grounds. In 1883, its then owner, civil engineer Benjamin Piercy laid out a cricket ground Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails (small sticks) balanced on three stumps. Two players from the .... In 1913, Sir Alfred McAlpine bought the property. Home to the Marchwiel and Wrexham Cricket Club, Alfred developed it as "one of the most picturesque settings for playing the game in the country". R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marchwiel Railway Station
Marchwiel railway station was a station in Marchwiel, Wrexham Wrexham ( ; ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It lies between the Cambrian Mountains, Welsh mountains and the lower River Dee, Wales, Dee Valley, near the England–Wales border, borde ..., Wales. The station was opened on 2 November 1895 and closed on 10 September 1962. References Further reading * Disused railway stations in Wrexham County Borough Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1895 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1940 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1946 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962 Former Cambrian Railway stations {{Wales-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrexham County Borough
Wrexham County Borough () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough, with city status in the United Kingdom, city status, in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Shropshire to the east and south-east respectively along the England–Wales border, Powys to the south-west, Denbighshire to the west and Flintshire to the north-west. The city of Wrexham is the administrative centre. The county borough is part of the preserved county of Clwyd. The county borough has an area of and a population of 136,055. The north of the county borough is relatively urbanised and centred on Wrexham, with a population of 44,785, its Wrexham industrial estate, industrial estate and several outlying villages, such as Brynteg, Wrexham, Brynteg and Gwersyllt. To the north east is the border village of Holt, Wrexham, Holt, while to the south of Wrexham, Rhosllanerchrugog, Ruabon, Acrefair and Cefn Mawr are the main urban villages. Furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrexham And Ellesmere Railway
The Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway was a railway line that ran from Wrexham in North Wales, to Ellesmere, Shropshire, Ellesmere in Shropshire, England. The line opened in 1895 and closed in 1962, except for a residual goods service which itself closed in 1981. The line had been conceived as part of a through route to by-pass the dominant Great Western Railway route, but this destiny was never realised, and the line was simply a rural branch. It was worked by the Cambrian Railways effectively as part of that company's system. Wrexham was then the largest town served by the Cambrian Railways.Rex Christiansen and R W Miller, ''The Cambrian Railways: volume II: 1889 - 1968'', David & CHarles, Newton Abbot, The Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway Whitchurch, Shropshire, Whitchurch was on the Shrewsbury to Crewe main line of the London and North Western Railway, opened in 1858. Oswestry already had a railway connection, since 1849; it was on a branch line from Gobowen, on the Shre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred David McAlpine
Sir Alfred David McAlpine (6 November 1881 – 25 May 1944) was the founder of the construction company Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son. Career Born the son of Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet, after completing his education he served an apprenticeship across the family construction and civil engineering business. Having been appointed to run McAlpine (Midlands) Ltd, which covered the Midlands and Northwest of England, in 1935 following the death of Sir Robert and his eldest son, Alfred ran the company independently. In 1940, it was agreed to formally separate the entities, and so the company name and the Midlands operations were handed back to the former company, while Alfred formed the new Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son. Under a non-compete agreement with its former parent company, Sir Alfred McAlpine confined itself to civil engineering and to the north west of England. Alfred was appointed High Sheriff of Denbighshire for 1923–24. Awards Alfred became a Knight bachelor in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erddig
Erddig () is a country house and estate in the Community (Wales), community of Marchwiel, approximately south of Wrexham, Wales. It is centred on a country house which dates principally from between 1684 and 1687, when the central block was built by Joshua Edisbury, and the 1720s, when the flanking wings were added by its second owner, John Meller. Erddig was inherited by Simon Yorke in 1733, and remained in the Yorke family until it was given to the National Trust by Philip Scott Yorke in 1973. The Yorke family had an unusual relationship with their servants, and commemorated them in a large and unique collection of portraits and poems. This collection, and the good state of preservation of the servants' quarters and estate workshops, provide an insight into how servants lived between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The house is also significant for its collection of seventeenth-century furniture; this includes the state bed, a rare surviving example of a ''Canopy bed#H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred McAlpine
Alfred McAlpine plc was a British construction firm headquartered in Hooton, Cheshire. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Carillion in 2008. The origins of Alfred McAlpine are strongly associated with the businessman Alfred McAlpine (businessman), Alfred McAlpine, a son of 'Concrete' Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet, Bob McAlpine, and the north western operations of Sir Robert McAlpine. These operations became legally distinct in 1940; 18 year later, the company was Initial public offering, floated on the London Stock Exchange under the name ''Marchwiel Holdings''. By this point, Alfred James McAlpine, Jimmie McAlpine was the chairman of the company, a position he would hold until 1985. Prior to 1983, the company's operations were constrained by a non-compete agreement with Sir Robert McAlpine; while the geographical restriction was removed, some terms of agreement remained in effect between the two companies. Throughout the second half of the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A525 Road
The A525 is a major route from Rhyl in Wales to Newcastle-under-Lyme in England. The route passes near Denbigh, through Ruthin, through Wrexham and near Whitchurch. The route is a dual carriageway just south of Rhyl. As of 10 March, 2010, the section between Wrexham and Whitchurch is not classified as a primary route, and the section between Burleydam, (to the East of Whitchurch where it is a " TOTSO" with the A530 to Nantwich) and Newcastle (via Audlem) is also now a non-primary A road. In total, the A525 is in length. Route *Rhyl (junctions with A548 road); *Rhuddlan (junctions with A547 road); *A55 road, junctions 27 & 27a; *St Asaph; *Trefnant, (junction with A541 road); *roundabouts with A543 road; * Llanrhaeadr (bypassed); * Rhewl; *Ruthin (junction and roundabout with A494 road); *Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd; *Nant y Garth Pass *junction with A542 road; *crossed by A5104 road south of Llandegla; *Four Crosses; *Bwlchgwyn; *Coedpoeth; *Intersection with A483 road; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clwyd South (Senedd Constituency)
Clwyd South () is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. Boundaries The constituency was created for the first election to the then Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Clwyd South Westminster constituency. It is mostly within the preserved county of Clwyd and partly within the preserved county of Powys. For the 2007 Assembly election, however, it became a constituency entirely within Clwyd. Part of its area was transferred to the Montgomeryshire constituency, in Powys. Also, part of its area was transferred to another Clwyd constituency, Clwyd West. For Westminster purposes, the same boundary changes became effective at the 2010 United K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clwyd South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Clwyd South () was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). The constituency was created in 1997, and it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election. The Clwyd South Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency). The constituency was abolished as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales. Its wards were split between Clwyd East, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, and Wrexham. Boundaries The constituency straddled the authorities of Denbighshire and the borough of Wrexham. Main population centres included the suburbs of Ruabon, Chirk, Rhosllannerchrugog, Cefn Mawr and Coedpoeth to the south of the city of Wrexham, in addition to Llangollen and Corwen further up the Dee valley to the west. Until the 2010 el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deiniol
Saint Deiniol (died 572) was traditionally the first Bishop of Bangor in the Kingdom of Gwynedd, Wales. The present Bangor Cathedral, dedicated to Deiniol, is said to be on the site where his monastery stood. He is veneration, venerated in Brittany as Saint Denoual. In English language, English and Latin his name is sometimes rendered as Daniel. Life According to a Latin ''Life of Deiniol'', preserved in Peniarth MS226 and transcribed in 1602 by Sir Thomas Williams of Trefriw, he was the son of Abbot Dunod Fawr, son of Pabo Post Prydain. The family, having lost their land in the North of England, were given land by the king of Kingdom of Powys, Powys, Cyngen Glodrydd. Deiniol embraced the religious life and is said to have studied under Cadoc of Llancarfan. Sir David Trevor describes Deiniol as one of the seven blessed cousins who had spent part of his early life as a hermit "on the arm of Pembrokeshire" but was called to be a bishop despite deficiencies in his formal educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
