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Mold, Flintshire history
A mile west of the town is Maes Garmon, the traditional site of the “Alleluia Victory” by a force of Romano-Britons led by Germanus of Auxerre against the invading Picts and Scots, which occurred shortly after Easter, AD 430. The motte and bailey were built by the Norman Robert de Montalt in around 1140 in conjunction with the military invasion of Wales by Anglo-Norman forces. The castle was besieged numerous times by the Princes of Gwynedd as they fought to retake control of the eastern cantrefi.
16th century onwards
Mold developed into the administrative centre for Flintshire in the 17th century. In 1833, workmen digging a Bronze Age mound at Bryn yr Ellyllon found a unique golden cape dating from 1900 to 1600 BCE. Mold hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1923, 1991 and 2007.
The Mold Riot
In summer 1869 there was a riot in the town which had considerable effect on the policing of public disturbances in Britain. On 17 May 1869, John Young, the English manager of the nearby colliery in Leeswood, angered his workers by announcing a pay cut. Two days later, after a meeting at the pithead, miners attacked Young before frogmarching him to the police station. Seven men were arrested and ordered to stand trial on 2 June. Convicted ringleaders, Ismael Jones and John Jones, were sentenced to a month’s hard labour. Soldiers opened fire on the crowd, killing four, including an innocent bystander, Margaret Younghusband, a 19-year-old domestic servant from Liverpool.
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