Places

Bryntysilio was originally a much smaller house, named Braich y Gwynt. Braich y Gwynt first…

The first Chain Bridge was built by local entrepreneur Exuperius Pickering in 1817...

This major feat of civil engineering was designed by Thomas Telford, with the building work…

Plas yn Pentre is reputed to have been a Grange belonging to Valle Crucis Abbey...

Trevor Hall was the home of the Trevor family since at least the 14th century,…

Bronheulog, on Sun Bank Llangollen, was listed in all of the earliest records as part…

Originally, the name Ty’n Dwr was held by the cottage (Yew Tree Cottage) that stands…

The earliest documented mention of Llandyn was in a grant of land in 1345...

Pengwern was an important early medieval settlement, home of the ancestors of the house of…

It seems most likely that the castle, whose ruins we see today, was built by…

Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, arrived from Ireland in 1778. They took a tenancy at…

It is possible that there has been a church building of some kind on this…

The first stone bridge in Llangollen was built by John Trevor, Bishop of St Asaph,…

The present Hall, bearing a date of 1793, is a two storey Georgian country house,…

The Tower has late 16th century origins, with early and mid 19th century enlargements and…

Eliseg, king of Powys in the mid 8th century, won a crucial victory against the…

Llantysiliio Church is dedicated to St Tysilio, a 7th century pilgrim who founded a number…

There has been a house on the site of Plas yn Vivod since at least…

Thomas Cupper purchased the estate and built the original Llantysilio Hall at the beginning of…

One of the ancient drover’s inns in Rhewl, the Sun Inn stands across the road…

Valle Crucis Abbey was founded in the year 1200, when Madoc ap Gruffydd gave the…