St Tysilio
1 November 2025
St Tysilio
Tysilio was the son of Brochwel Ysgythrog, Prince of Powys in the early 7th century...
The Williams Wynn family
1 November 2025
The Williams Wynn family
The principal estate of the family was at Wynnstay, Ruabon, but they owned (and still…
The Myddelton family
1 November 2025
The Myddelton family
The Myddelton family of Chirk Castle claims descent from Ririd Flaidd (‘the Wolf’), lord of…
The Tottenham family
1 November 2025
The Tottenham family
Lord Tottenham, the Bishop of Clogher, was a significant landowner in the area in the…
James Coster Edwards
1 November 2025
James Coster Edwards
James Coster Edwards was born in 1828, son of William and Diana Edwards (née Coster).…
The Ladies of Llangollen
1 November 2025
The Ladies of Llangollen
Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby moved into the small stone cottage of Pen y Maes…
Exuperius Pickering
1 November 2025
Exuperius Pickering
The Pickering family were entrepreneurs based in Cefn Mawr. There were three men with the…
William Clayton Russon
1 November 2025
William Clayton Russon
William Clayton Russon was born in Selly Park, Birmingham, in 1895, son of William Russon,…
William Sidney Gwynn Williams
1 November 2025
William Sidney Gwynn Williams
Born at Plas Hafod, Llangollen, the son of the musician W. Pencerdd Williams, William Sidney…
The Drinkwater family
1 November 2025
The Drinkwater family
The Drinkwater family moved to Geufron, Llangollen, from Shrewsbury in the 1840s...
Thomas Edwards (the Barber of Llangollen)
1 November 2025
Thomas Edwards (the Barber of Llangollen)
Thomas Edwards and his wife Maria lived in one of the small houses on Church…
Thomas Jones
1 November 2025
Thomas Jones
The first Thomas Jones, originally of Llanllothian, married into property in Llantysilio, when he wedded…
W.T. Simpson
1 November 2025
W.T. Simpson
W.T. Simpson moved to Llangollen and was so charmed by the beauty of the surrounding…
Sara Pugh Jones
1 November 2025
Sara Pugh Jones
Sarah Pugh-Jones was the Llangollen librarian and the writer and publisher of the local newspaper…
George Borrow
1 November 2025
George Borrow
George Borrow’s account of his tour through Wales in 1854 gives a fascinating glimpse of…
Thomas Pennant
1 November 2025
Thomas Pennant
Thomas Pennant was born in 1726 at Downing Hall in Flintshire. His ‘Tour in Wales’…
Edward Lhuyd
1 November 2025
Edward Lhuyd
Lhuyd's two great contributions to the history of the Llangollen and Llantysilio area were his…
Rev. W.S. Bingley
1 November 2025
Rev. W.S. Bingley
The Reverend Bingley was, in 1798, induced by accounts that he had heard to 'appropriate…
