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unusual facts about Loggerheads, Denbighshire



1885 in archaeology

In Wales, at Ffynnon Beuno Cave, Tremeirchion, Denbighshire, the cave complex is excavated: occupational evidence includes Aurignacian and proto-Solutrean flint work plus Pleistocene fauna (Palaeolithic, Old Stone Age).

Alexander Fitton

Fitton was the eldest son of William Fitton of Awrice, County Limerick and his wife Eva Trevor, daughter of Sir Edward Trevor of Denbighshire.

Brymbo Hall

During the late 19th century Brymbo Hall was the country home of the Liberal MP for Denbighshire, George Osborne Morgan: another Liberal MP, Christmas Price Williams, grew up there.

Ceiriog

Ceiriog Rural District, a former rural district in Denbighshire (historic), Wales from 1935 to 1974

Charles James Watkin Williams

Williams was the eldest son of Peter Williams, rector of Llansannan, Denbighshire, and his wife Lydia Sophia Price, daughter of the Rev. James Price of Plas-yn-Lysfaen, Denbighshire.

Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire

This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire.

Denbighshire County Cricket Club

Although it considered forming a Gentlemen of Denbighshire team for eventual readmission to the Minor Counties (see Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1936 edition), that did not happen.

Edward Almer

Edward Almer or Aylmer (by 1516-1574 or later), of Denbigh and Gresford, Denbighshire, was a Welsh politician.

Frank Hardcastle

Hardcastle was born at Firwood Hall, Tonge, near Bolton, Lancashire (demolished 1969), and was the fourth son of James Hardcastle of Firwood and Pen-y-lan, Ruabon, Denbighshire and Hannah Compton Jackson.

George Wynn

George Arthur Wynn (14 October 1886 in Treflach nr. Oswestry – 28 October 1966 in Abergele, Denbighshire) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward for Oswestry United, Wrexham, Manchester City, Coventry City and Halifax Town.

Gwynedd Is Conwy

Today the area is mostly contained within the unitary authorities of Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire.

Hiraethog

Hiraethog Rural District, rural district in Denbighshire, Wales, from 1935 to 1974

Mynydd Hiraethog, upland region in Conwy and Denbighshire in north-east Wales

Hooson

Isaac Daniel Hooson (1880–1948), solicitor and poet from Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales

Hotpoint

Hotpoint washing machines were formerly manufactured at a plant in Bodelwyddan, in Denbighshire, North Wales, UK.

Humphrey Kynaston

Humphrey later married Isabella ferch Maredudd ap Howell ap Morrice of Oswaldestre (Oswestry), daughter of Maredudd of Glascoed and Thomasina Ireland of Wrexham, Denbighshire.

John Daniel Jones

He was born in Ruthin, Denbighshire, the son of Joseph David Jones (1827–70), a schoolmaster in the town and a respected musician and composer.

John Robert Godley

He married Charlotte Griffith Wynne, daughter of Mr C.G. Wynne of Denbighshire, in September 1846.

John Salusbury

John Salesbury (1533-1580), member of parliament for Merioneth, Denbigh Boroughs, and Denbighshire

Justice of Chester

Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Montgomeryshire were made part of the Chester circuit, over which the Justice presided.

Llanarmon

Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire (the name is often shortened to plain Llanarmon)

Llanrhaeadr

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, a village in Powys, Wales (historically in Denbighshire until 1974)

Loggerheads, Denbighshire

The final boundary is marked by Carreg Carn March Arthur which is said to bear the imprint of Arthur's horse's hoof after it jumped from the nearby mountain, Moel Famau.

Marcus Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon

Trevor was the son of Sir Edward Trevor of Rostrevor, County Down, and of Brynkinalt Hall, near Chirk in Denbighshire, by his marriage to Rose Ussher, a daughter of Henry Ussher (ca. 1550–1613), Archbishop of Armagh.

Moel y Gaer

Moel y Gaer, Llanbedr, on a western spur of the Clwydian Range in Denbighshire

Moel y Gaer, Bodfari, on a hill overlooking the Wheeler Valley in Denbighshire

National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery, London, with satellite galleries in Denbighshire, North Yorkshire and Somerset

Owen Gwyn

He was from Denbighshire, the third son of Griffith Wynn, of the Wynn family of Gwydir.

Paul Reiter

Reiter says he was a contributor to the third IPCC Working Group II (Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability) report, but resigned because he "found himself at loggerheads with persons who insisted on making authoritative pronouncements, although they had little or no knowledge of his speciality".

R v Evans and McDonald

On 30 May 2011, Wales International and Sheffield United player Ched Evans and another person were arrested on suspicion of the sexual assault of a woman in Rhyl, Denbighshire, following an incident at a Premier Inn in Rhuddlan on the same day.

Raymond Pitman

Shortly after Pitman's retirement at the age of 65, he was diagnosed with cancer and subsequently died at Rhos-on-Sea, Denbighshire on 5 June 1998.

Religion in Mercia

Chad's successor, Winfrith, was expected to conform more closely to Roman norms but was soon at loggerheads with Archbishop Theodore.

Robert H. Roberts

Robert H. Roberts (June 5, 1837 Nantglyn, Denbighshire, Wales – September 3, 1888 Boonville, Oneida County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham

The diocese covers an area of 8,361 km² of the ancient counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire (the local government areas of Conwy, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham and the former Montgomeryshire).

Sheriff of Merionethshire

1676: Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet of Gwydir and Rhiwgoch and Wynnstay, Denbighshire.

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet

His direct ancestors, the Williams family, were an important parliamentary and landowning family from Denbighshire, north Wales, who in the 17th Century married into the famous Wynn family of Gwydir, the direct patrilineal descendants of Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd 1137–1170, and the only surviving branch of that dynasty.

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet

The Williams-Wynn baronets were an important family of Denbighshire landowners, whose 17th century ancestor had married into the Wynn family of Gwydir, the patrilineal descendants of Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd (1137–1170), and in time they became the senior surviving branch of his family.

Wigfair Hall

Wigfair Hall is a large country house standing in an elevated position above the River Elwy near the village of Cefn Meiriadog, Denbighshire, Wales.

Williams-Wynn baronets

Today, the family is represented by Sir David, 11th Baronet, who remains active in Welsh life in Denbighshire and Flintshire.


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