People

Llangollen is named after the 7th century saint who founded the town. Llan is the…

Tysilio was the son of Brochwel Ysgythrog, Prince of Powys in the early 7th century...

The principal estate of the family was at Wynnstay, Ruabon, but they owned (and still…

The Myddelton family of Chirk Castle claims descent from Ririd Flaidd (‘the Wolf’), lord of…

Lord Tottenham, the Bishop of Clogher, was a significant landowner in the area in the…

James Coster Edwards was born in 1828, son of William and Diana Edwards (née Coster).…

Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby moved into the small stone cottage of Pen y Maes…

The Pickering family were entrepreneurs based in Cefn Mawr. There were three men with the…

William Clayton Russon was born in Selly Park, Birmingham, in 1895, son of William Russon,…

Born at Plas Hafod, Llangollen, the son of the musician W. Pencerdd Williams, William Sidney…

The Drinkwater family moved to Geufron, Llangollen, from Shrewsbury in the 1840s...

Thomas Edwards and his wife Maria lived in one of the small houses on Church…

The first Thomas Jones, originally of Llanllothian, married into property in Llantysilio, when he wedded…

W.T. Simpson moved to Llangollen and was so charmed by the beauty of the surrounding…

Sarah Pugh-Jones was the Llangollen librarian and the writer and publisher of the local newspaper…

George Borrow’s account of his tour through Wales in 1854 gives a fascinating glimpse of…

Thomas Pennant was born in 1726 at Downing Hall in Flintshire. His ‘Tour in Wales’…

Lhuyd's two great contributions to the history of the Llangollen and Llantysilio area were his…

The Reverend Bingley was, in 1798, induced by accounts that he had heard to 'appropriate…